International Family Day, Climate Protection Day and Kaleidoscope Day are the most interesting events on May 15 at Athletistic.
In the Gregorian calendar, May 15 is the 135th day of 2024. There are 231 days left in the year.
- International Day of Families. Celebrated since 1994. The establishment of this day aims to attract the attention of the public of the countries to many family problems.
- International Conscientious Objector Day. Military conscientious objectors are those who, for moral or religious reasons, refuse to participate in armed conflicts or join the army.
- World Climate Day
- Gourmet Day. It is celebrated by representatives of the fair sex who love manicure and collecting nail polishes.
- Kaleidoscope Day
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1252 – Pope Innocent IV declares the bull Ad extirpanda, allowing the Inquisition to torture suspected heretics.
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1618 – German astronomer Johannes Kepler discovers the laws of planetary motion.
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1648 – The Peace of Westphalia is signed, ending the Thirty Years’ War.
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1673 – Cornelius and Rosa Barle receive a prize for the black tulip they propagated.
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1730 – King George II appoints Robert Walpole as Britain’s first prime minister.
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1891 – Pope Leo XIII issued an encyclical obliging employers to safeguard the welfare of workers.
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1905 – the city of Las Vegas was founded in Nevada, USA.
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1928 – the cartoon character Mickey Mouse first appears in the cartoon Plane Crazy, but at first he doesn’t have a voice and looks like his future self.
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1930 – American Ellen Church becomes the world’s first flight attendant.
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1940 – Nylon stockings appeared on sale in the United States.
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1990 – a program for the return of Crimean Tatars to Crimea was adopted.
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2022 – Ukrainian group Kalush Orchestra with the track Stefania wins the Eurovision Song Contest by a large margin, winning a record 631 points overall from the international jury and audience. The most important thing happened after the performance of the Kalush Orchestra: the frontman Oleg Psyuk was found literally a few seconds after the performance to say what the whole country expected from him. “I ask you all. Help Mariupol! Help Azovstal right now!” – the musician called to support our defenders of Mariupol. This passionate call was heard live on the air of the competition, watched by millions of viewers.
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1845 – Ilya Mechnikov, biologist and immunologist, founder of scientific gerontology, Nobel laureate (1908).
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1848 – Viktor Vasnetsov, painter, master of painting on historical and mythological subjects (Three heroes, Alyonushka, Tsar Ivan the Terrible).
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1856 – Frank Baum, American writer, “creator” of the magical land of Oz.
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1873 – Pavel Skoropadsky, Ukrainian military and political figure, hetman of Ukraine (in 1918).
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1891 – Mikhail Bulgakov, writer, playwright (The White Guard, The Master and Margarita).
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1914 – Tenzing Norgay, a mountaineer, in 1953, together with New Zealander Edmund Hillary, for the first time in the world conquered the highest peak in the world, Everest.
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1925 – Lyudmila Kasatkina, theater and film actress (Tiger Tamer, Big Break, Circus Princess, etc.), People’s Artist of the USSR.
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1937 – Madeleine Albright (real name Maria Yana Korbelova), United States Secretary of State from 1997-2001.
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1940 – Svetlana Svetlichnaya, theater and film actress.
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1965 – Mark Colville, bass guitarist for the British band Tindersticks.
Today is the Day of Remembrance of the transfer of the holy remains of the great martyr brothers Princes Boris and Gleb. Boris and Gleb, the first Russian princes to be canonized, died at the hands of their older brother Svyatopolk the Damned in a power struggle. Their remains were secretly buried in the Vyshgorod Church of Basil the Great, and after this temple burned down, a new temple was built in its place, where the incorruptible remains of the martyred brothers were transferred with honor .
Among the people, the Day of Remembrance of the transfer of the holy remains of the great martyr brothers Princes Boris and Gleb is called Boris and Gleb the Sowers. On this day, pumpkins and cucumbers began to be sown in Rus’, and Boris and Gleb helped.
May 15 is also considered a good day for buying livestock, business deals, and discussing financial matters.
- To see a bird with white feathers today is a great achievement.
- If the nightingale sings before the cuckoo, the summer will be hot. If on the contrary – cold and rainy.
- If you have doubts, now is the time to decide.
May 15th name days are celebrated by: Afanasy, Boris, Gleb, Zoya, Iolanta, Mikhail, Roman, David.
Source: korrespondent
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