What holiday is celebrated on September 7: interesting facts about this day

September 7 is the Day of Military Intelligence of Ukraine on the calendar of official holidays. People around the world also honor bearded men and Google's contribution to the development of the modern world.

According to the new style, Andriy, Vasyl, Hryhoriy, Yevhen, Ivan, Lev, Luka, Makar, Mykhailo, Mykola, Oleksandr, Petro, and Stepan celebrate their namesakes. OBOZ.UA tells about all the holidays and memorable dates of this day.

What holidays are celebrated on September 7

Day of Military Intelligence of Ukraine - every year on this day Ukraine celebrates the professional holiday of military intelligence officers. It was on September 7, 1992, that the Military Strategic Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine was formed by presidential decree.

Google Foundation Day - can you think of another company whose name would form a verb in Ukrainian and become a part of everyday usage? The Google search engine was conceived by two enthusiasts, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, in 1996, and they founded the company on September 4, 1998, and began accepting the first queries via the Internet on September 7. And with that, they changed people's access to information forever. Since then, every year on September 7, the world honors Google's contribution to the development of modern civilization.

World Beard Day - the beard has always been the main symbol of masculinity. Men often pay a lot of attention to this natural decoration of their appearance. Many women also find beards attractive. And in honor of this, an unofficial holiday was introduced, which is celebrated with pleasure all over the world.

International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies - particles of dust and smoke present in the air of big cities often form smog, which makes the sky look less blue. To draw attention to air quality and environmental pollution in general, the UN General Assembly established a holiday in 2019.

World Day for the Destruction of Military Toys (WMD) - toys are one of the first ways people interact with the worldon their own. In many ways, they shape our worldview. Child psychologists advise limiting children's access to objects that imitate weapons and can provoke aggression. And today is the time to think about it.

Historical events on September 7

70 - The Romans captured and sacked Jerusalem.

1792 - The first group of former Zaporozhian Cossacks under the command of Colonel Sava Bilyi landed in Taman. This date is usually considered the beginning of the settlement of the Kuban by Ukrainians.

1812 - The Battle of Borodino between the troops of Napoleon and the Russian Empire, which was victorious for the French, took place.

1822 - The Brazilian Empire declared independence from the Kingdom of Portugal.

1892 - The first professional boxing match was held in the United States according to modern rules - with boxing gloves and three-minute rounds.

1936 - The last marsupial wolf died in the Tasmanian Zoo.

1940 - The Third Reich began bombing London.

1951 - The Canada Post announced that all letter senders were required to indicate the street name and house number on the envelope (before that, many people indicated only the city and surname of the addressee.

1971 - Kyiv announced the kinship and fraternization of the cities of Kyiv and Kyoto.

They were born on September 7

1533 - Elizabeth I of England, Queen of England.

1813 - Emil Korytko, Slovenian ethnographer and folklorist, Galician by birth.

1861 - Serhii Korzhynskyi, botanist, geneticist, evolutionist, one of the founders of phytocoenology; descended from Zaporizhzhia Cossacks.

1875 - Oleksandr Murashko, Ukrainian painter, teacher and public figure.

1908 - Michael Ellis DeBakey, American heart surgeon.

1914 - James Van Allen, American astrophysicist, known for his discovery of the Earth's radiation belts.

1915 - Serhiy Solodovnyk, Ukrainian painter.

1917 - John Workup Cornforth, Australian organic chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1975) together with Vladimir Prelog.

1924 - Ihor Bohachevsky, American engineer of Ukrainian descent (USA).

1936 - Tetiana Golembievska, Ukrainian artist and Buddy Holly, American musician.

1940 - Dario Argento, Italian film director, screenwriter, producer, author of horror films.

1949 - Gloria Gaynor, American singer and actress.

1964 - Maryna Rybachuk, Ukrainian artist.

1970 - Volodymyr Zhemchugov, Ukrainian partisan of the War in Eastern Ukraine, Hero of Ukraine (2017).

1987 - Evan Rachel Wood, American actress and singer.

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