Today, December 12, 2024, is the Day of the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. There are 19 days left before the New Year.
December 12 is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 19 days left until the end of the year.
What holidays are there in Ukraine and in the world?
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International Day of Neutrality.
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World Universal Health Coverage Day.
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Day of the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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What happened on December 12
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1531 – The apparition of the Mother of God of Guadalupe takes place in Mexico.
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1635 – Ivan Sulima is executed in Warsaw after severe torture.
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1674 – the first short sketch of the history of Ukraine – “Synopsis” – was published in the Kiev-Pechersk printing house.
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1792 – In Vienna, 22-year-old Ludwig van Beethoven takes his first music composition lesson from Franz Joseph Haydn and pays 19 cents for it (in modern terms).
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1799 – Napoleon Bonaparte leads the country as the first consul to France.
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1818 – The Institute of Noble Ladies was opened in Poltava.
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1846 – in Marburg, physiologist Karl Ludwig made the first recording of the heart’s activity using a kymograph.
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1901 – Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi conducts the first successful transatlantic radio communication – the letter “s” signal in Morse code is sent from Great Britain to Newfoundland (Canada).
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1918 – Finnish military man Carl Gustav Mannerheim leads the country as regent of the kingdom.
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1925 – Motel Hotel opens in USA, giving name to all motels.
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1955 – British engineer Christopher Cockerell receives a patent for the first hovercraft.
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1963 – The Beatles reach the top of the British charts for the third time with the song I Want to Hold Your Hand.
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1980 – Oil tycoon Armand Hammer bought a 36-page notebook containing Leonardo da Vinci’s notes at a London auction for $5.28 million.
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1987 – George Michael rises to number one in the British charts with the song Faith.
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1991 – The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed a law decriminalizing consensual homosexual relations.
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1991 – Georgia recognizes Ukraine’s independence.
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1991 – Lithuania becomes the first state from the former Soviet republics to establish diplomatic relations with Ukraine.
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1996 – US President Bill Clinton appoints Madeleine Albright as Secretary of State, becoming the first woman in US history to hold this post.
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2007 – the trial of the bloodiest maniac in the history of Ukraine, Sergei Tkach, began in Dnepropetrovsk.
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2007 – The National Council of the Slovak Republic adopted a Declaration condemning the Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine as an act of extermination of humanity committed by the totalitarian Stalinist regime.
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2008 – Switzerland joins the Schengen area and becomes the 25th country party to the visa-free travel agreement.
Who was born on December 12
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1924 – Ivan Denisyuk, Ukrainian literary critic, professor at Lviv University.
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1927 – Evgeniy Sverstyuk, Ukrainian philosopher, writer, literary critic, church leader, prisoner of Soviet concentration camps.
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1928 – Leonid Bykov, Ukrainian actor, director and screenwriter, winner of the Shevchenko Prize.
What day is today’s name? Alexander.
What not to do on December 12
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You should not wear old and dirty clothes.
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You will not slander or guess.
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It is forbidden to throw garbage out of the house.
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