Today, August 26, 2024, is International Dog Day. There are 127 days until the New Year.
August 26 is the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 127 days left before the end of the year.
What holidays are there in Ukraine and in the world?
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International Dog Day.
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International Actor’s Day.
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What happened on August 26
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1071 – in a battle near Manzikert, the Seljuk Turks led by Alp Arslan defeat the Byzantine army of Emperor Roman IV Diogenes and take him prisoner.
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1278 – The Battle of Dürnkrut, the greatest battle of the European chivalry era, takes place.
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1498 – Michelangelo receives a commission to create a sculptural group for St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
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1657 – in Chigirin, Ivan Vygovsky was elected Hetman of Ukraine (until Yuri Khmelnytsky came of age).
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1728 – Vitus Bering opens a strait between Asia and America, called the Bering Strait.
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1789 – The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is adopted by the Constituent Assembly of the Kingdom of France.
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1791 – American John Fitch receives a patent for a steamboat, which was demonstrated 4 years earlier.
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1833 – Members of the John Ross expedition discovered Baffin Island (Arctic Canada) after three years of living with local tribes.
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1847 – The Republic of Liberia is proclaimed, the first independent state in black Africa.
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1914 – Palmeiras football club is founded.
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1918 – Walt Disney forged his documents, “increasing” his age to join the Red Cross.
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1918 – diplomatic representatives of the Ukrainian State and the Ottoman Empire exchange letters on the occasion of the ratification of the Brest-Litovsk Peace Treaty.
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1926 – The Fiorentina football club is created in the Kingdom of Italy.
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1939 – The Second Great Gathering of Ukrainian Nationalists took place in Rome, which adopted the political program of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, A. Melnyk was re-elected Chairman of the OUN.
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1991 – The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR decided to temporarily end the activities of the Communist Party of Ukraine.
Who was born on August 26
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1980 – Macaulay Culkin, American film actor.
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1980 – Chris Pine, American film actor.
What is today’s name day?: Victor, Dmitry, Georgy, Peter, Adrian, Natalya, Maria.
Folk signs and traditions for August 26
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The morning is cold – the winter will be the same.
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The leaves of the oak and birch trees have not yet begun to fall – it’s time for a harsh winter.
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A few rowan berries – for dry autumn.
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