Today, August 20, 2024, is World Laziness Day. There are 133 days until the New Year.
August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 133 days left before the end of the year.
What holidays are there in Ukraine and in the world?
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World Mosquito Day.
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World Laziness Day.
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International Medical Transport Day.
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What happened on August 20
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1619 – A Dutch ship brings the first 20 Africans to America, who are sold into slavery to the settlers of the Jamestown colony.
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1627 – the first dictionary of the Ukrainian language “The Slavic Russian Lexicon and the Name of Interpretation” by Pamva Berinda was published.
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1741 – Alaska is discovered by the Danish navigator, Captain-Commander Vitus Bering.
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1809 – Pope Pius VII, arrested by the French, is taken from Savona to Grenoble.
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1864 – The Imperial Gate Incident occurs in Japan.
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1868 – The War between the North and the South officially ends in the United States.
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1896 – the dedication of the Cathedral of St. Vladimir took place in Kyiv.
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1925 – the Kaniv Museum-Reserve “Tomb of TG Shevchenko” was established.
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1964 – The International Organization for Communications Satellites INTELSAT is created.
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1991 – Estonia declares its independence from the USSR.
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1996 – US President Bill Clinton sets the nation’s minimum wage at $5.15 an hour.
Who was born on August 20
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1939 – Valery Shevchuk, Ukrainian writer of the sixties, master of psychological and Gothic prose.
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1947 – Janusz Yukhnitsky, Ukrainian actor of the Lviv Drama Theater named after Maria Zankovetskaya, People’s Artist of Ukraine.
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1994 – Artem Amelin, soldier of the National Guard of Ukraine. Hero of Ukraine (posthumously).
What is today’s name day?: Victor, Vladimir, Ivan, Maxim, Timofey, Fedor.
Folk signs and traditions for August 20
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Cranes fly high and slow – autumn will be warm.
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Mice moved from the fields to the barn – the winter will be cold.
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Rain – autumn will be fine.
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In the west, the sky has a red color – frost will begin soon.
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