What holiday is celebrated on November 14: what is this day remembered for

Every year on November 14, Christians celebrate the feast day of the Apostle Philip according to the church calendar, after which the Christmas fast begins. Vasylʹ, Viktor, Havrylo, Heorhiy, Hryhoriy, Dmytro, Kostyantyn, Mykhaylo, Mykola, Oleksandr, Oleksiy, Petro, Pylyp, Serhiy, Fedir and Hanna celebrate their name days on this day.

OBOZ.UA tells what other holidays fall on November 14. It also recalls key historical events that took place on this date and celebrities born on this day.

What holidays are celebrated on November 14

World Diabetes Day - When the pancreas stops producing the hormone insulin for some reason, a disease called diabetes develops. If left untreated, it can be fatal. And if treated, it can become a way of life. Somewhat specific, with its limitations, but quite normal. This day, which is celebrated under the auspices of the United Nations, is dedicated to raising awareness of this.

International Speech Therapist Day - Speech therapists help many people overcome speech disorders and discover a world of communication without boundaries. Their work is honored by the world today.

World Quality Day - the second Thursday of November is dedicated to quality in the world. The idea of the holiday originated in 1960 in Japan. The country developed rapidly after the Second World War, and the goods produced here, thanks to traditional labor discipline and ethics, began to win the competition around the world. That is why the Japan Society of Scientists and Engineers proposed to honor quality with a separate holiday. It was introduced worldwide in 1990.

"Relax and Shine Day" - almost everyone knows the problem of burnout firsthand. Having lost all our energy, we also lose the ability to enjoy life. That is why it is so important to give yourself a break from everything from time to time. And today is such a day. Its purpose is to remind everyone of the importance of rest and self-care. If you can't relax and shine right now, set aside an hour to plan a day like this for yourself in the near future.

Historical events on November 14

332 BC - Alexander the Great is crowned pharaoh of Egypt.

1770 - Scottish explorer James Bruce discovers the source of the Blue Nile in northwestern Ethiopia, the base of the Nile River.

1851 - The full text of Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick is published in the United States.

1896 - the Niagara Falls hydroelectric power plant begins operation.

1900 - the French Senate approves the authorization of women to work in the bar.

1901 - Karl Landsteiner, a Viennese physician, divides all blood samples into three groups: A, B, and 0.

1903 - the invention of the electrocardiograph is announced in the Netherlands.

1908 - Albert Einstein presents the quantum theory of light.

1918 - In an attempt to gain the support of the Entente, Hetman Skoropadskyi proclaimed the federation of the Ukrainian state with the future non-Bolshevik Russia, which became one of the legitimizations of the anti-Hetman uprising without being its cause. At a meeting of the Ukrainian National Union, the Directorate of the Ukrainian People's Republic, a temporary revolutionary body, was created.

1918 - On the initiative of leading Ukrainian scientists, Hetman Pavlo Skoropadsky decrees the establishment of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences and defines its official status.

1920 - The Government of the Ukrainian People's Republic was forced to leave Ukraine and move to the Polish Republic.

1925 - The Legion of Ukrainian Nationalists was founded in the Czechoslovak Republic.

1935 - U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declares the Philippines a free state.

1939 - The Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian SSR adopted a law on the so-called "reunification" (annexation) of Western Ukraine with the Ukrainian SSR.

1940 - Soviet-German negotiations on the division of spheres of influence and the USSR's accession to the Triple Pact (Third Reich - Kingdom of Italy - Japanese Empire) failed in Berlin.

1940 - World War II: the bombing of Coventry, killing 568 people, destroying the city center and cathedral and causing serious damage to industrial enterprises.

1944 - The State Museum of Ukrainian Art opens in Kyiv.

1944 - More than 100 thousand Meskhetian Turks are deported to Central Asia from the Georgian SSR.

1963 - A powerful underwater volcanic explosion creates the island of Surtsey, 33 kilometers south of the Icelandic coast. Lava and black columns of smoke emerge from the ocean surface. The territory of the newly formed volcanic island is 1.7 km².

1989 - The Supreme Soviet of the USSR adopted the Declaration on the Recognition of Repressive Acts Against Peoples Subjected to Forced Resettlement as Illegal and Criminal and on Ensuring Their Rights.

1999 - Leonid Kuchma is elected President of Ukraine for the second time, having held the post from July 19, 1994 to January 23, 2005.

2005 - Boeing Corporation announces the start of production of the Boeing 747-8 airplane.

Celebrities born on November 14

1650 - William III of Orange, King of England.

1668 - Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt, famous Austrian Baroque architect, military and court engineer.

1719 - Leopold Mozart, Austrian violinist and composer. Father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

1723 - Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss artist and painter, known for his Swiss landscapes engraved on copper.

1775 - Paul Johann Anselm von Feuerbach, German criminal lawyer, criminal law reformer, doctor of philosophy and doctor of law. Father of the philosopher Ludwig Feuerbach.

1805 - Fanny Mendelssohn, German singer, pianist, and composer, sister of composer Felix Mendelssohn. Goethe admired her voice and dedicated a poem to her (1827).

1840 - Mykhailo Starytskyi, Ukrainian writer, poet, playwright, prose writer, theater and cultural figure.

1840 - Claude Monet, French painter, founder of impressionism (Impression - Sunrise, Field of Poppies, Water Lilies).

1852 - Antonio Mancini, Italian painter, impressionist.

1877 - Dmytro Antonovych (according to other sources, November 2), Ukrainian public, political and statesman, art historian, co-founder and rector of the Ukrainian Free University.

1882 - Pylyp Kapelhorodskyi, writer, teacher and public figure.

1885 - Sonia Delaunay, Ukrainian artist and designer, representative of the Art Deco movement.

1889 - Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian politician, first Prime Minister of India (from 1947); father of Indira Gandhi.

1907 - Astrid Lindgren, Swedish writer ("Pippi Longstocking", "The Kid and Carlson Who Lives on the Roof").

1912 - Andriy Malyshko, Ukrainian poet, translator, literary critic.

1924 - Leonid Kogan, prominent Ukrainian and Soviet violinist and teacher. One of the brightest representatives of the Soviet violin school.

1935 - Oleh Shabliy, Ukrainian geographer, Doctor of Geography, Professor of the Department of Economic and Social Geography of Lviv National University.

1948 - Charles III, King of the United Kingdom, son of Queen Elizabeth II and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Field Marshal, Fleet Admiral and Marshal of the Royal Air Force of Great Britain.

1974 - Oleksandr Brynzhala, officer of the Center Air Command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Hero of Ukraine.

1979 - Olga Kurylenko, Ukrainian actress and model.

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