Holidays on November 11, 2024: name days, signs

Today, November 11, 2024, is Junior Reader Day. There are 50 days left before the New Year.

November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 50 days left before the end of the year.

What holidays are there in Ukraine and in the world?

• Junior Reader’s Day.

• Singles Day.

• International Week of Science and Peace.

• Remembrance Day for those killed in World War.

• World Shopping Day.

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What events happened on November 11

• 1215 – the greatest Ecumenical Council in the history of the Middle Ages was assembled.

• 1702 – a detachment of Zaporozhye Cossacks freed the White Church from the siege of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

• 1830 – The state of Belgium is proclaimed.

• 1859 – Taras Shevchenko’s poem “Maria” was published.

• 1872 – The Bessarabian-Tavrichesky Bank was founded in Odessa.

• 1889 – Washington becomes the 42nd state of the United States.

• 1909 – Construction begins on the US Navy’s main base at Pearl Harbor.

• 1917 – a Ukrainian regiment, formed from the delegates of the III All-Ukrainian Military Congress, suppresses the Bolshevik uprising in Kyiv.

• 1925 – Louis Armstrong’s first record is released.

• 1930 – a patent was received for a gas refrigerator, an invention of Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard.

• 1940 – The first Jeep cars are produced in the USA.

• 1952 – The first video recorder is demonstrated in California.

• 1973 – Israel and Egypt sign an agreement ending the war between them.

• 1983 – University of Massachusetts student Fred Cohen demonstrates the world’s first computer virus.

• 1987 – Van Gogh’s painting “Irises” sold for $53.6 million.

• 1990 – The International Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances entered into force.

• 2022 – liberation of Kherson from Russian occupation.

Who was born on November 11

• 1958 – Vadim Sikorsky, Ukrainian actor and director of the Lviv Theater named after Maria Zankovetskaya, Honored Artist of Ukraine.

• 1962 – Demi Moore, American actress.

• 1974 – Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor, film producer, Oscar winner.

• 1981 – Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

What is today’s name day? Anton, Victor, Evgeniy, Maxim, Afanasy, Stepan, Timofey, Fedor, Yakov, Stefania.

Folk signs and traditions for November 11

• The geese are on the ice – expect warmer weather for Christmas.

• Warm weather, but cloudy – winter will also be warm.

• At night there are many stars in the sky – expect a large number of mushrooms next year.

• Rain or sleet – it will still be warmer until December.

• Hot and sunny – cold weather soon.

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