Today, August 21, is the International Day of Remembrance and Commemoration of the Victims of Terrorism. There are 132 days until the New Year.
August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 132 days left before the end of the year.
What holidays are there in Ukraine and in the world?
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International Day of Remembrance and Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism.
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Online Self Care Day.
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World Avatar Day.
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What happened on August 21
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1415 – The Portuguese conquer Ceuta.
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1627 – the first Ukrainian language dictionary “Lexicon of Slovenian” by Pamva Berinda was published in Kyiv.
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1652 – the son of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, Timish, married the daughter of the Moldavian owner Vasily Lupul.
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1653 – George Stefan’s army approached Suceava and tried to take the Cossack camp of Timosh Khmelnitsky under the walls of the fortress quickly, the siege of Suceava began.
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1911 – Leonardo da Vinci’s painting “Mona Lisa” (“La Giaconda”) was stolen from the Louvre (Paris), only to be found two years later in the Kingdom of Italy.
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1914 – Vasco da Gama football club is founded.
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1914 – Jan Nagurski made the world’s first flight to the Arctic.
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1932 – The first international film festival takes place in Venice.
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1944 – An international conference opens in Washington, preparing proposals that form the basis of the United Nations Charter.
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1968 – Warsaw Pact countries send troops to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic to suppress the Prague Spring.
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1991 – The Supreme Council of Latvia adopted a constitutional law on the status of an independent state after the anti-Gorbachev putsch (GKChP).
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1996 – the distinction of the President of Ukraine – the Order “For Courage” – was established.
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1996 – the first trade in hryvnia for futures contracts took place on the Kyiv Universal Exchange.
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2005 – His Beatitude Lyubomir Huzar officially changed his title to “Supreme Archbishop of Kiev-Galicia” and transferred the estate to Kyiv.
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2011 – in the city of Olevsk, Zhitomir region, a memorial sign was presented in honor of the 70th anniversary of the creation of the Republic of Olevsk.
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2013 – in the civil conflict in Syria, Russian-backed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s troops use chemical weapons against the opposition, then launch a rocket attack using sarin on residential areas of the Damascus suburb of Ghouta, which, according to various sources, killed 350 to 1700 people.
Who was born on August 21
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1983 – Olga Zhukovtsova-Kiyashko, Ukrainian theater and film actress, participant in the television show Women’s Quarter.
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1999 – Maria Smolyakova, Ukrainian film and theater actress.
What is today’s name day?: Alexander, Pavel, Martha.
What not to do on August 21
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It is not recommended to waste money.
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You can’t fight and curse.
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Conflicts should not be resolved through aggression.
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