What holiday is celebrated on October 23: all about this day

On October 23, Orthodox believers honor the memory of the Apostle James. Andriy, Anton, Vasyl, Yukhym, Ilarion, Inokentiy, Kyrylo, Sava, Stepan ta Yakiv celebrate their name days.

The world celebrates the Day of Event Organizers, International Snow Leopard Day, and iPod Day in the United States. OBOZ.UA tells about the holidays and significant events of this day.

What holidays are celebrated on October 23

October 23 according to the New Julian calendar is the day of memory of the Apostle James. James was the son of St. Joseph, the husband of the Virgin Mary. He was one of the seventy younger apostles and was often called the "brother of the Lord." According to legend, James has long been considered the patron saint of men who do hard physical labor.

The weather on this day was used to predict how the winter would be. If it rains, frost will come in a few weeks. But it was also a sign of a bountiful grain harvest next year. Sunny weather indicated that the fall would be long, spring would be early, and winter would not be severe.

October 23 is World iPod Day. The original iPod had a Brick game invented by Steve Wozniak. The 1GB model was advertised as being able to hold up to 240 songs. In general, the first iPods boasted the ability to "fit 1,000 songs in your pocket."

Countries around the world also celebrate October 23:

• The Day of the Beginning of the Revolution and Liberation Struggle and the Day of the Proclamation of the Republic of Hungary;
• Aviator's Day in Brazil;
• Talk Show Host Day;
• Day of Victory and Liberation in Libya;
• Day of Revolutionary Struggle in the Republic of Macedonia;
• International Kabuki Syndrome Day;
• International Snow Leopard Day;
• National Crockpot Day in the United States.

Notable historical events of October 23

• 1086 - Muslim troops defeated Christians at Sagrajas in Spain.
• 1864 - the Azov Cossack Army was liquidated by imperial order.

• 1917 - Pavlo Skoropadskyi was elected Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks.
• 1946 - the first meeting of the UN General Assembly began.
• 1956 - the anti-Soviet uprising began in the Hungarian capital, Budapest.
• 1990 - The Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR, as a result of the Revolution on Granite, voted to dismiss Prime Minister Masol.
• 1994 - The Russian State Duma passes a law to stop the division of the Black Sea Fleet between Russia and Ukraine.
• 2001 - Apple introduces the first iPod.
• 2002 - Terrorists seize about 900 hostages in the Dubrovka Theater Center during a performance of the musical "North by Northwest."
• 2011 - Victory over Muammar Gaddafi's regime is announced in Libya.

Who was born on October 23

• 1698 - Ange Jacques Gabriel, French architect, one of the founders of eighteenth-century classicism.

• 1805 - Adalbert Stifter, Austrian writer, poet, artist and educator.
• 1817 - Pierre Larousse, French philologist and writer, initiated the publication of the 17-volume Great Universal Dictionary of the 19th century.
• 1868 - Frederick Lanchester, English polymath and engineer, made a significant contribution to the automotive industry and aerodynamics.
• 1886 - Khariton Slavorosov, Ukrainian aviation engineer.
• 1898 - Moise Gaisinsky, French chemist of Ukrainian-Jewish origin, one of the founders of radiation chemistry.
• 1905 - Felix Bloch, Swiss-American physicist.
• 1920 - Gianni Rodari, Italian writer.
• 1940 - Pele (Edson Arantes do Nascimento), Brazilian football player.
• 1986 - Emilia Clarke, British actress.

Died on this day:

• 1872 - Théophile Gautier, French poet, prose writer, literary critic, librettist and artist.

• 1937 - Mykhailo Semenko, Ukrainian futurist poet.
• 1946 - Ernest Seton Thompson, Canadian (of Scottish origin) writer.
• 2011 - Marco Simoncelli, Italian motorcycle racer.

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