What holiday is celebrated on November 7 in Ukraine and the world: interesting facts

On Thursday, November 7, Orthodox Christians celebrate this year's feast of the 33 Martyrs in Melitino. The namesakes of the day are Bohdan, Valeriy, Vasyl, Veniamin, Heorhiy, Hryhoriy, Yevhen, Yehor, Ilarion, Kyrylo, Kostyantyn, Maksym, Mykhaylo, Oleksandr, Oleksiy, Opanas, Pavlo, Fedir, Yan, Yelyzaveta.

OBOZ.UA found out what other memorable and solemn dates fall on this day. We also tell you about important historical events of this day and about celebrities born on November 7.

What holidays are celebrated on November 7

International Stout Day is a type of strong dark beer that is so popular all over the world that it even has its own holiday. It is celebrated on the first Thursday of November. All you need to celebrate it properly is a glass of your favorite drink, which should be enjoyed slowly.

The Day of the Man Who Cooks Dinner - what could be more attractive than a man who cooks a delicious dinner for his beloved woman or for the whole family. To convince as many men as possible of this, the first Thursday of November was proclaimed the day of such a home cook. So, men, today is your turn to make magic in the kitchen.

International Project Management Day - the first Thursday of November every year is dedicated to recognizing the important role that project managers play in our organizations. They are responsible for allocating tangible and intangible resources to successfully achieve common goals.

Historical events on November 7

1631 - Pierre Gassendi first observed the passage of Mercury across the Sun's disk, which was scientifically predicted by Johannes Kepler

1708 - Ukrainian Hetman Ivan Mazepa and a part of his army joined forces with the troops of Swedish King Charles XII near the village of Hirky in Poltava region.

1788 - Cossacks under the leadership of Anton Holovaty conquered the Ottoman fortress of Ochakiv.

1891 - American Whitcomb Leo Judson patented the first known prototype of a zipper.

1909 - the Ukrainian Student Union is founded in Lviv.

1917 - the October Revolution begins in Russia.

1918 - the beginning of the third Bolshevik offensive in Ukraine.

1919 - In Iziaslav, the UPR and the Polish Republic sign a protocol establishing a demarcation line between Ukrainian and Polish troops.

1920 - under the Yaltushkiv Agreement, the Volunteer Army de facto recognized the independence of the UPR.

1928 - Derzhprom, the first Ukrainian and European skyscraper, is officially opened in Kharkiv.

1929 - The Museum of Modern Art opens in New York.

1940 - The Ukrainian Canadian Committee (UCC) is established in Canada.

1941 - The Luftwaffe sinks the ship Armenia near Sevastopol. More than 5 thousand people died.

1951 - The first television center in the Ukrainian SSR is launched in Kyiv.

1956 - Suez crisis: The UN General Assembly adopts a resolution calling on Britain, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.

1967 - The UN General Assembly adopts the Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.

1990 - police dispersed students on Peremohy Square in Kyiv and provoked MP Stepan Khmara.

2000 - George Walker Bush becomes President of the United States.

Celebrities born on November 7

1598 - Francisco de Surbarán, a prominent Spanish painter, representative of the Seville school.

1744 - Nestor Ambodik-Maksymovych, Ukrainian encyclopedist, one of the founders of scientific obstetrics, herbal medicine, and botany.

1821 - Dmytro Pylychykov, Ukrainian public and cultural figure, educator. Father of Ukrainian physicist Mykola Pylychykov.

1857 - Dmytro Bahalii, Ukrainian historian, public figure, made significant efforts to organize and improve the system of higher education in Ukraine. He was a founding member of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, and from 1919 head of the Historical and Philological Department of the UAS.

1867 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie, French physicist and chemist of Polish origin, two-time Nobel Prize winner.

1888 - Nestor Makhno, leader of the peasant insurgency of 1918-1921.

1898 - Dmytro Kapka, Ukrainian actor.

1902 - Margo Borys (Borys Margolis), Ukrainian and American surrealist painter. Born in Volochysk, Khmelnytskyi region. Graduated from the Odesa Art School.

1913 - Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, publicist, Nobel Prize in Literature (1957).

1917 - Matvii Shestopal, Ukrainian journalist, publicist, scholar, PhD in Philology, Dean of the Faculty of Journalism at Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv in 1955-1957. Repressed during the Soviet era on charges of Ukrainian bourgeois nationalism.

1922 - Francesc Torres Monso, Spanish sculptor.

1926 - Joan Sutherland, Australian opera diva.

1936 - Mykola Vingranovskyi, Ukrainian writer and filmmaker.

1950 - Vitaliy Sadovskyi, Ukrainian painter.

1956 - Mykhailo Alperin, jazz pianist, composer, teacher.

1967 - David Guetta, popular French DJ.

1983 - Patrik Thoresen, Norwegian ice hockey player.

1987 - Halyna Pundyk, Ukrainian fencer, Olympic champion.

1988 - Oleksandr Dolgopolov, Ukrainian tennis player.

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