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On this day, Euromaidan began in Kyiv, which turned into the Revolution of Dignity. Source: Museum of the Revolution of Dignity
Today, on November 21, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine celebrates the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, one of the biggest holidays of the year. The Angel's Day is celebrated on this date by men named Alexander.
Many secular holidays and memorable dates also fall on this day. OBOZ.UA tells you about them, as well as about significant historical dates and celebrity birthdays.
What holidays are celebrated on November 21
The Day of Dignity and Freedom in Ukraine - on this holiday, Ukraine commemorates two revolutions that took place in the 21st century, 9 years apart, and prevented the establishment of a dictatorship in the country. In 2004, at the end of November, the Orange Revolution began, which defended the results of the presidential election, which was won by Viktor Yushchenko. And in 2013, the Revolution of Dignity began on the same dates, defending Ukraine's European choice.
Day of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - an annual holiday honoring the bravery and heroism of paratroopers in the fight for freedom, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
World Television Day - the first World Television Forum was held on November 21, 1996. Since then, every year, industry workers around the world celebrate their professional holiday.
Beaujolais Nouveau Day is a French holiday celebrated every year on the third Thursday of November. It honors the young Beaujolais wine that has time to be prepared for this date. It is customary to taste it and have fun on this day.
Guinness World Records Day - The Guinness Book of World Records collects all the achievements of mankind, including the bizarre, surprising and even seemingly meaningless ones. Anyone can get into it if they master a skill better than others.
Historical events on November 21
1620 - after a three-month voyage on the Mayflower ship, families of English Puritan immigrants land in North America near Cape Cod.
1764 - Catherine II decree abolishes the Hetmanate in Ukraine.
1783 - The first human-piloted balloon of the brothers Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Etienne Mongolfier takes to the skies above Paris.
1806 - Napoleon declares a "continental blockade" of Great Britain.
1877 - Thomas Edison presents his phonograph.
1906 - The first issue of the Belarusian newspaper Nasha Niva was published in Vilnius.
1916 - The Britannic, a twin ship of the Titanic, sinks after hitting a German mine.
1918 - Polish rule is established in Lviv. The government of the ZUNR moves to Ternopil, then to Stanislaviv (now Ivano-Frankivsk).
1919 - The "Treaty between the Allied Powers and Poland on Eastern Galicia" is signed, which provided for the transfer of Galicia to the Polish Republic for 25 years with the obligatory provision of autonomous status.
1920 - The UPR army crossed the Zbruch River into the territory of the Polish state, where it was interned in camps.
1921 - The Bolsheviks shot 359 captured Ukrainian soldiers, participants of the Second Winter Campaign, near the town of Bazar (the executions lasted until November 23).
1941 - A tax on bachelors was introduced in the USSR.
1947 - The Pan American Ukrainian Conference was founded in New York. The following year, in 1948, the Coordinating Center of Ukrainian Public Organizations in Europe was established. After much preparation, the World Congress of Free Ukrainians (WCFU) was established in November 1967 at a congress in New York, uniting all regional and interregional Ukrainian organizations of the diaspora.
1962 - U.S. President John F. Kennedy lifts the embargo on Cuba.
2004 - Ukraine held the second round of presidential elections. At 20:40, about 20,000 supporters of presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko began a rally on Independence Square to announce the results of the parallel count of the second round of elections. The Orange Revolution began.
2013 - Euromaidan begins in Ukraine.
November 21st birthdays
1694 - Voltaire, French writer and deist philosopher.
1830 - Andriy Markevych, Ukrainian public figure and ethnographer, obtained permission for the first complete edition of Taras Shevchenko's works (Kobzar, edited by V. Domanytsky, 1907).
1896 - Mykhailo Verikivsky, Ukrainian composer.
1898 - René Magritte, Belgian artist, representative of surrealism.
1916 - Yaroslav Helyas, Ukrainian actor and director.
1920 - Jan Frankel, composer and violinist.
1943 - Viktor Sidyak, Soviet saber fencer, four-time Olympic champion.
1952 - Serhiy Yakutovych, Ukrainian painter, graphic artist, book illustrator, People's Artist of Ukraine, son of the prominent Ukrainian graphic artist Heorhiy Yakutovych, husband of the graphic artist Olha Yakutovych, father of the painter Anton Yakutovych.
1965 - Björk, Icelandic singer, musician, composer, songwriter, actress. Nominated for 13 Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, and two Golden Globes.
1979 - Ivan Semesiuk, Ukrainian artist, one of the pioneers in the genre of Zhlob Art, illustrator, musician, architect, cultural critic, anthropologist, writer, poet, cultural activist, author of media projects.
1985 - Carly Rae Jepsen, Canadian singer.
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