Today, August 7, 2024, is Professional Speaker Day. There are 146 days until the New Year.
August 7 is the 219th day of the year (220th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 146 days left in the year.
What holidays are there in Ukraine and in the world?
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Professional Speaker’s Day.
What happened on August 7
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1888 – Jack the Ripper’s first victim is found.
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1918 – The Ukrainian State and the All-Great Don Army signed an agreement on borders.
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1920 – the Ukrainian-Kuban agreement on mutual recognition of the sovereignty of the UPR and the Republic of the Kuban Territory and joint support in the struggle for national liberation was signed in Warsaw.
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1942 – The six-month Guadalcanal Campaign begins with the landing of Allied troops on the islands of Guadalcanal, Tulagi, Gavutu-Tanambogo in the Solomon Islands archipelago.
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1960 – Côte d’Ivoire declares independence from France.
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1964 – The United States adopts the Tonkin Resolution, which expands US involvement in the Vietnam War.
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1970 – The first computer chess tournament was held.
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1993 – part of Buckingham Palace was opened to tourists.
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1998 – Terrorist attacks against the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing 258 people.
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2000 – The Japanese invented the hydrogen electric car.
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2008 – the Russian-Georgian war began.
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2016 – the beginning of the “shooting in the north of Crimea” – a staged special provocation of the Russian special services with the aim of simulating an “attack by saboteurs of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine” , which is said to have been abandoned from mainland Ukraine to Crimea.
Who was born on August 7
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1819 – Panteleimon Kulish, Ukrainian writer, public figure, folklorist, ethnographer, translator, editor and publisher
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1947 – Sofia Rotaru, Ukrainian singer.
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1975 – Charlize Theron, American film actress of South African origin.
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1982 – Yana Klochkova, multiple Olympic champion in swimming, hero of Ukraine.
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Whose birthday is today?: Alexander, Alexey, Anton, Afanasy, Vasily, Dmitry, Ivan, Mikhail, Peter.
Folk signs and traditions for August 7
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A stork stands in one place – there will be a large harvest.
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By lunch, the morning fog has cleared – expect good weather.
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There are a lot of acorns on the oak tree – for a warm winter.
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The storks have decided to fly – autumn will be cold.
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Source: korrespondent
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