The day against homophobia, the first color photograph and the day of slackers are the most interesting events on May 17 at Athletistic.
In the Gregorian calendar, May 17 is the 137th day of 2024. There are 229 days left in the year.
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World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
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International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
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UN Global Road Safety Week (event date is unique for each year)
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Internet birthday (the day the World Wide Web standard was approved)
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Day of the Pulmonologist
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World Hypertension Day
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Traffic camera
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1642 – Montreal, the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec, is founded.
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1718 – English lawyer James Puckle patents the world’s first machine gun – Puckle’s gun.
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1792 – 24 brokers sign an agreement under a sycamore tree to create the New York Stock Exchange.
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1861 – The world’s first travel agency, Thomas Cook, sent a group of tourists on an international trip for the first time (from London to Paris).
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1861 – Color photography is shown to the public for the first time in London. This was done using the method of Scottish physicist James Maxwell.
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1865 – The International Telecommunication Union is founded – an international organization that defines recommendations in the field of telecommunications and radio, as well as the regulation of the international use of radio frequencies.
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1928 – The IX Summer Olympic Games opened in Amsterdam (Netherlands).
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1959 – the distribution of land to farmers in Cuba is announced.
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1997 – Paul McCartney received more than three million questions from fans in 30 minutes in an online broadcast on the occasion of the release of the Flaming Pie album, setting a world record.
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Montreal
1749 – English physician, surgeon, smallpox vaccine creator Edward Jenner.
1873 – French writer, journalist, public figure Henri Barbusse.
1904 – French actor Jean Gabin.
1908 – Ukrainian Soviet writer, translator and poet Leonid Pervomaisky (Ilya Gurevich).
1950 – Soviet and Russian politician, publicist, dissident Valeria Novodvorskaya.
1953 – President of Kazakhstan since 2019 Kasim-Zhomart Tokayev.
1981 – Hero of Ukraine Nikolai Tsyurik. A soldier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, he distinguished himself during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Nikolay Tsyurik
On this day, the Orthodox Church honors the memory of the martyr Pelagia of Tarsus.
The future saint was born in the 3rd century in the city of Tarsus of Cilicia (Asia Minor) and was the son of noble pagans. When he heard a sermon about Christ from Christian friends, he believed in him and wanted to devote his life to the Lord.
The young woman was very beautiful and captured the heart of Emperor Diocletian’s adopted son. However, he was baptized and refused to marry. This shocked the young man so much that he stabbed himself with the sword.
Pelagia’s mother, fearing the wrath of the emperor, bound her daughter and brought her to Diocletian’s trial as a Christian and the supposed culprit in the death of the heir to the throne.
The emperor was fascinated by the extraordinary beauty of the girl and he tried to distract her from the faith, promising benefits and offering to be his wife. But Pelagia rejected all proposals.
Diocletian then sentenced him to be burned in a hot bronze testament. The saint suffered torture and death in 290.
People called this day Pelageya, Pelageya the Mediator.
Saint Pelagia is considered the patroness of birds, innocent girls and all those who have been unjustly harmed.
In the evening of this day, the farmers took a broken pot from the garden, filled it with plucked nettles and placed the vessel in the middle of the bed. It is believed that it will scare away evil spirits and garden pests.
Saint Pelagia’s day is also called baydyks day. During this period, trees were cut to make spoons and made into blanks – boats.
On the day of Pelagia, it is forbidden to kill roosters and chickens – it is believed that the bird will cease to be found. For the same reason, they refuse to eat chicken dishes.
It is not recommended to cut your nails, because they can take away your well-being and prosperity.
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Many cockchafers mean drought.
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If the viburnum blooms, you can sow cucumbers, corn, squash and beans.
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Earrings appeared on the blooming maple – it’s time to plant beets.
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The cuckoo calls for good weather.
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If it rains heavily, there will be a good harvest.
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Cumulus clouds are floating – hot weather will last for several days.
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Noisy sparrows predict strong winds.
Name days on May 17 are celebrated by: Clement (Klimenty), Kirill, Nikita, Pelageya.
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Name day May 17
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