Today, August 2, 2024, is the mailbox’s birthday. There are 151 days until the New Year.
August 2 is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 151 days left before the end of the year.
What holidays are there in Ukraine and in the world?
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International Beer Day.
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International Roma Holocaust Day.
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What happened on August 2
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216 BC e. – at the battle of Cannes, the Carthaginian commander Hannibal crushed the 80,000-strong Roman army and inflicted the heaviest defeat on Rome in the entire history of its existence.
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1776 – The signing ceremony of the Declaration of Independence of the 13 North American colonies took place, which was adopted on July 4 by the Continental Congress.
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1887 – Rovell Godge received a patent for barbed wire.
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1918 – Hetman of Ukraine Pavel Skoropadsky approved the law creating the fund of the National Library of the Ukrainian State.
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1953 – a children’s railway was opened in Kyiv.
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1989 – tragedy at the main post office of Kiev, as a result of which 11 people died.
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2014 – a Tbilisi court arrested ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili in absentia on charges of abuse of power.
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2020 – the Crew Dragon capsule returns from the ISS with two American astronauts on board who participated in the SpaceX DM-2 mission (the first flight of humans in a private spacecraft).
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2022 – Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan.
Who was born on August 2
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1924 – Alexander Khmelnitsky, Ukrainian painter.
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1982 – Alexander Bobkin, Ukrainian hockey player and coach.
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1993 – Sergei Nigoyan, a participant and one of the fighters of the 3rd Maidan Self-Defense, was killed in a confrontation on Grushevsky Street in Kyiv.
What is today’s name day?: Vasily, Ivan, Kirill, Platon, Roman, Stepan, Taras, Fedor.
What not to do on August 2
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You can’t insult animals.
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Don’t lend food.
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You must not curse or slander.
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