What holiday is celebrated on February 3: all about this day

On the third day of February, Vasyl, Volodymyr, Ivan, Mykhailo, Mykola, Pavlo, Roman, Semen, Timothy, and Anna celebrate their name days according to the church calendar. On this day, the church celebrates the feast of the righteous Simeon the God-receiver and Anna, the prophet Azariah.

What other official and informal holidays fall on February 3, OBOZ.UA tells. As well as the main historical events and celebrities born on this day.

What holidays are celebrated on February 3

Dog DateNight - In the midst of a hectic schedule, we can forget how much our four-legged friends need our attention. Tonight, put aside all your work and take your dog on a real date, not just a walk. Go to some beautiful place, treat your furry friend to his favorite treat, and even dance together to the songs of street musicians.

Bird Feeding Day - for those who don't have a dog, today is also an opportunity to communicate with wildlife. Feed the birds today. Birds perform many useful functions in nature - they destroy insect pests, spread plant seeds, and simply sing beautifully. So put something tasty in their feeder. But keep in mind that bread is only harmful to birds. In nature, they eat raw and unsalted seeds, the flesh of various fruits, raw or half-cooked cereals without salt and fat.

Singles'Day isabout staying single and not entering into a relationship, which is a life choice that is as respectable as the decision to get married and start a family. That is why, in contrast to the upcoming Valentine's Day, the world today honors single people. The emphasis of this day is on self-care, which is worth showing to everyone in the world, regardless of their romantic status. It also emphasizes the benefits of being single, such as independence.

World Day Against Profanity - A strong word can really help us cope with stress. However, today's holiday is aimed at encouraging people, especially children, to use swear words as little as possible. Let's leave foul words for really difficult situations, and let our daily speech be free of them.

What historical events happened on February 3

1261 - German knights of the Teutonic Order were defeated by the Lithuanian army in the Battle of Lennevarden

1456 - the militia of the Novgorod Republic was defeated by the Tatar-Moscow troops of Grand Duke Vasily II in the Battle of Russia

1488 - Bartolomeu Dias reached the Cape of Good Hope

1509 - the Portuguese squadron of Francisco de Almeida defeated the combined fleet of Gujaratis, Mamelukes and Zamorins in the Battle of Diu, which allowed Portugal to capture key ports in the Indian Ocean

1637 - tulip craze in the Netherlands. The number of sellers of tulips exceeded the number of buyers, which led to a stock market panic and thousands of Dutch people were ruined in just one night

1690 - the English colony of Massachusetts introduced paper money for the first time in America. It was used to pay mercenary soldiers in the war with Quebec

1783 - Spanish King Charles III recognized the independence of the United States

1815 - the world's first factory for the production of hard cheese was founded in Switzerland

1823 - the premiere of Rossini's opera "La Semiramide" took place in Venice

1863 - a humorous story by 27-year-old journalist Samuel Langhorne Clemens, signed by the pseudonym Mark Twain, is published in a local newspaper in Virginia (Nevada)

1867 - Mutsuhito becomes Emperor of Japan (Emperor Meiji)

1894 - the first sailing ship with a steel hull was launched in the United States

1917 - the United States severed diplomatic relations with Germany. The reason for the demarche was the sinking of the American steamer Housatonic off the coast of the Sill.

1921 - The Rada of the Republic, a temporary Ukrainian government in exile, began its work in Tarnów, Poland

1926 - Czech became the official language of Czechoslovakia

1929 - the First Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists (January 28 - February 3) in Vienna ended, where the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists was created and Yevhen Konovalets was elected chairman of its leadership

1930 - in India, for the first time, a member of the untouchable caste became a member of the local council

1940 - during the Battle of Britain, the first German bomber is shot down over England; the Ukrainian Canadian Committee is established in Winnipeg

1945 - American troops break through the German Siegfried Line

1966 - the Soviet unmanned space station Luna 9, launched from the Earth's surface on January 31, makes its first soft landing on the lunar surface. The station was the first to transmit panoramic photos of the lunar surface to Earth

1969 - Yasser Arafat, the founder and head of the Fatah terrorist organization, was elected the new leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization at the Palestinian National Congress in Cairo

1981 - Gro Harlem Brundtland became the world's first woman prime minister, heading the government of Norway

1992 - Ukraine established diplomatic relations with Turkey

1994 - the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ratified the Treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (START I) in full

1995 - the first NATO military exercises in the former GDR

2005 - the world's most expensive newspaper was published in China. A special issue of the "Economic Daily" in Shenzhen was printed on gold paper (the cost of one copy of the newspaper was 8000 US dollars)

2009 - The Romania v. Ukraine case in the International Court of Justice in The Hague over the status of the Ukrainian island of Zmiiny and the shelf in the Northwest Black Sea ended. Zmiiny was recognized as an island, as Ukraine insisted (and not a rock, as the Romanians argued), but the majority of the disputed EEZ was given to Romania

2018 - in the Syrian province of Idlib, a Russian Su-25 aircraft was shot down by a man-portable air defense system. Pilot Roman Filippov was killed by rebels after ejecting.

Celebrities born on February 3

1777 - John Cheyne, British military doctor, after whom the symptom "Cheyne-Stokes breathing" is named.

1809 - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, German composer ("Italian Symphony", "Scottish Symphony", "Fingal's Cave"), conductor, author of a wedding march, pianist, founder of the first German conservatory (Leipzig, 1843).

1821 - Elizabeth Blackwell, the world's first woman doctor to receive a medical degree.

1853 - Hennadii Ladyzhenskyi, Ukrainian painter.

1857 - Wilhelm Ludwig Johansen, Danish biologist who coined the terms "population", "gene", "genotype" and "phenotype".

1864 - Volodymyr Samoilenko, Ukrainian writer.

1872 - Ivan Fomin, architect, one of the founders of neoclassicism, author of the Cabinet of Ministers building in Kyiv.

1874 - Gertrude Stein, American writer, author of the phrase "lost generation".

1889 - Karl Theodor Dreyer, Danish film director, one of the most prominent masters of European cinema.

1904 - Geo Kolyada (real name: Hryhoriy Opanasovych), Ukrainian poet.

1909 - Simone Weil, French mystical philosopher.

1909 - Andre Kayatt, French film director.

1936 - James Bridges, American film director and screenwriter ("The Chinese Syndrome" - Oscar, 1980).

1951 - Viacheslav Medvid, Ukrainian writer.

1960 - Joachim Löw, German football coach, former player.

1974 - Ihor Pelykh, Ukrainian TV presenter, journalist, producer.

1979 - Epifaniy, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine, Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

1982 - Vera Brezhneva, singer.

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