Holidays on December 23, 2024: name days, signs

Today, December 23, is the Day of Ukrainian military personnel of operational control at all levels. There are 8 days left before the New Year.

December 23 is the 357th day of the year (358th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 8 days left before the end of the year.

What holidays are there in Ukraine and in the world?

• World Snowboard Day.

• Day of Ukrainian military personnel of operational control at all levels.

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What happened on December 23

• 1583 – in solemn conditions, Pope Clement VIII formally took the Ukrainian Orthodox Church under his supremacy.

• 1846 – The bicycle company found the brothers George and Michael Boeing, who are now involved in the manufacture of aircraft and air transportation.

• 1873 – The Shevchenko Scientific Society was founded.

• 1947 – at Bell Laboratories, American scientists Walter Brattain and William Shockley presented their invention – the transistor.

• 1954 – The world’s first successful kidney transplant takes place, Ronald Herrick donates a kidney to his twin brother Richard.

• 1968 – American astronauts Borman, Lovell and Anders became the first humans to orbit the Moon.

• 1972 – Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, was destroyed by a 6.5 magnitude earthquake, killing more than 10 thousand people.

• 1983 – Jeanne Save becomes the first woman appointed Governor General of Canada.

• 1990 – in a national referendum, 88% of Slovenian citizens voted for the country’s independence from Yugoslavia.

• 1991 – Ukraine’s independence is recognized by Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Costa Rica.

• 2014 – The Verkhovna Rada voted to abandon Ukraine’s non-bloc status.

• 2015 – Russian hackers carried out a cyber attack on energy companies in Ukraine.

Who was born on December 23

• 1882 – public figure, advocate for the Ukrainian University in Lviv Adam Kotsko.

• 1999 – Maxim Lyakh, soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war, Hero of Ukraine (posthumously).

What is today’s name day? Vasily, David, John, Makar, Paul.

Folk signs and traditions for December 23

• Chickens behave restlessly – leading to a snowstorm.

• The horse is snoring – expect a snow storm.

• Strong wind and snow – July will be cold and rainy.

• Windy day – next year there will be a rich harvest.

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