Holidays on August 22, 2024: name days, signs

Today, August 22, is Memorial Day for Fallen Law Enforcement Officers. There are 131 days until the New Year.

August 22 is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 131 days left before the end of the year.

What holidays are there in Ukraine and in the world?

• World Brain Day.

• Ecological Debt Day.

• International Day of Remembrance for People Victims of Violence Because of Their Religion or Belief.

• Fallen Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Day.

What happened on August 22

• 1485 – The Battle of Bosworth takes place in the War of the Red and White Roses.

• 1531 – the Moldavian master Peter Raresh was defeated by the army of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth near Gvozdets near Obertyn.

• 1770 – Captain James Cook, on his first expedition around the world, lands on the east coast of Australia, which he calls New South Wales and declares the presence of the British crown.

• 1795 – the Constitution of the Third Year is adopted in the French Republic, abolishing universal suffrage.

• 1864 – The first Geneva Convention is signed and the Red Cross Society is formed.

• 1868 – Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters discovers the asteroid 102 Miriam.

• 1910 – The Treaty of Accession of Korea and Japan is signed.

• 1918 – peace documents are exchanged between the Ottoman Empire and the Ukrainian State.

• 1919 – The Directory and the UPR government decide to negotiate with Denikin’s army to establish a line of demarcation between the two armies.

• 1992 – The President of the UPR in exile Nikolai Plaviuk gave the President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk a letter from the State Center of the UPR, according to which independent Ukraine is the legal successor of the Ukrainian People’s Republic.

Who was born on August 22

• 1920 – Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer.

• 1966 – Olga Sumskaya, Ukrainian film and theater actress.

instagram.com/olgasumska

Who has name day today? Alexander, Alexey, Afanasy, Vasily, Gavrilo, Ivan, Makar, Mikhail, Fedor, Ariadne.

Folk signs and traditions for August 22

• If the web flies low, the winter will be warm, and if it is high, it will be cold.

• Warm weather – the same will happen in autumn.

• There are many mushrooms in the forest – expect unsuccessful fishing.

• The fog quickly disappeared in the sunlight – the warm weather will continue for several days.

pixabay.com

New Correspondent.net on Telegram and WhatsApp. Subscribe to our channels Athletistic and WhatsApp