What holiday is celebrated on August 22: facts about this day

On August 22, Orthodox believers honor the memory of the holy martyrs Agathonicus, Severianus and others. The world celebrates the International Day of Remembrance of People Who Became Victims of Violence because of their religion or beliefs, the International Day of Book Lover and the Day of Folklore. And in Ukraine, August 22 is the Day of Remembrance of Fallen Law Enforcement Officers.

Those whose names are Anton, Herman, Dmytro, Ivan, Leonty, Maria, Markiyan should be congratulated on their first names. OBOZ.UA tells about holidays and outstanding events of this day.

What holidays are celebrated on August 22

Memorial Day for fallen law enforcement officers was established as a memorial date of August 22, 1996. On this day should be honored workers of internal affairs bodies and the National Police, who died in the performance of duty. These are the people who at the cost of their lives provided security, fought crime and protected the territorial integrity of Ukraine.

August 22 - International Day of Booklovers and Booktubers. The term BookTube comes from the words Book and Tube - it is a community of content creators on YouTube, filming content related to books. Due to their influence in promoting reading, it was decided to celebrate Booktubers on International Booklovers' Day on August 22.

August 22 is also celebrated as Environmental Debt Day - as a reminder that humanity has begun to damage the environment more than the Earth can repair in a year.

August 22 is Firefighter's Day in Mexico, Human and Civil Rights Day in Uruguay, and Oncology Surgeon's Day in the United States.

Historical events on Aug. 22

• 1770 - Captain James Cook landed on the east coast of Australia during his first round-the-world expedition.
• 1864 - the first Geneva Convention was signed and the Red Cross Society was established.
• 1918 - an exchange of letters of peace between the Ottoman Empire and the Ukrainian state took place.

Born on August 22

• 1741 - Jean-François Laperouse, French navigator, explorer of the Pacific Ocean.
• 1834 - Samuel Pierpont Langley, American astronomer, physicist and aviation pioneer.
• 1862 - Claude Debussy, French composer.

• 1908 - Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer, classic of world photography.
• 1920 - Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer.
• 1966 - Olga Sumska, Ukrainian film and theater actress.
• 1995 - Dua Lipa, Kosovo-born British singer, songwriter, designer and model.

Died on this day:

• 1938 - Oleksandr Sokolovsky, Ukrainian writer during the Shot Renaissance, a victim of Stalin's reign of terror
• 1958 - Roger Martin du Gard, French writer, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
• 1999 - Alexander Demyanenko, one of the most famous actors of Soviet cinema.
• 2023 - Toto Cutugno, Italian singer and composer.

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