What holiday is today, August 13 in Ukraine and the world: name days and signs of the day

Do you know who should be congratulated on their name day today? And who has a professional or personal holiday on the calendar?

OBOZ.UA asked what reasons for celebration we have today. Here is what Ukraine and the world celebrate on August 13.

Who has a name day on August 13

Since the OCU and the UGCC switched to a new calendar almost a year ago, not everyone has gotten used to the new name day dates. Meanwhile, on this Tuesday, the days of the angel fall on people whose names are

Anton, Arseniy, Vasyl, Veniamin, Volodymyr, Voldemar, Heorgiy, Denys, Yehor, Ivan, Yosyp, Kostiantyn, Maxym, Mykola, Serhiy, Stepan, Yuri, Yan, Anna, Yelyzaveta.

You definitely have at least one birthday person. This means that he or she will definitely be happy to hear your warm wishes.

What holidays are celebrated on August 13

International Day of Left-Handed People - people with left handedness is up to 15% of us. Agree, this is a lot. Meanwhile, the world is not so convenient for them, because it is adapted to the right-handed majority. And for many centuries, left-handedness was considered an abnormality, a manifestation of evil spirits, and they tried to treat it forcibly. Now we know that it is just a harmless feature. Nevertheless, in 1976, the organization of left-handed people Lefthanders International proposed to celebrate a special day that would draw attention to their problems - the lack of adapted equipment, the design of spaces exclusively for right-handed people, and even the presence of a markup on specially designed products such as scissors or bottle openers. August 13 was chosen as the date for the Day of Left-Handed People. How to celebrate this day? If you are left-handed, tell us about yourself and your experience. If you are right-handed, try to do everything with your left hand for at least an hour and feel like a regular lefty. This will help us better understand and appreciate each other.

Prosecco Day - Of all the sparkling wines, Italian prosecco probably has the lightest and freshest taste. And what better reason to organize a holiday in its honor. The date for Prosecco Day was chosen at the height of August, because it is in the summer heat that this drink is most enjoyable.

Events on August 13

1521 - after a three-month siege, a detachment of Spanish conquistadors led by Hernán Cortés captured the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City).

1624 - King Louis XIII of France appointed Cardinal Richelieu as his first minister, the head of the royal council.

1642 - Christian Huygens found an ice cap at the south pole of Mars.

1677 - The First Chyhyryn Defense against the Ottoman-Crimean troops began.

1876 - A theater for performing the works of Richard Wagner opened in Bayreuth, Germany. On this day and the next few days, the premiere of the complete opera cycle "The Ring of the Nibelung" took place.

1898 - The American fleet captures Manila (Philippines).

1899 - American inventor William Graham is granted a patent for a pay phone.

1905 - Norway holds a referendum on the dissolution of the union with Sweden.

1907 - the first taxis appeared in New York.

1913 - the first stainless steel is smelted in Sheffield.

1914 - The Imperial Government of Russia introduced military censorship and banned the publication of Ukrainian language publications. The French government declares war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and World War I begins.

1916 - the first British Mark I tanks are secretly sent to the front in the French Republic.

1917 - a separatist uprising begins in Catalonia.

1923 - Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was elected the first president of Turkey.

1932 - shortwave radio is first tested in Rome by Guglielmo Marconi.

1940 - The first Luftwaffe air raid on British military installations and cities. The Battle of Britain begins.

1941 - The Women's Army Corps is created in Canada.

1942 - Walt Disney's feature-length animated film Bambi premieres in New York.

1948 - The UN Security Council adopts a resolution recognizing the right of the people of Kashmir to self-determination. To this day, the question of Kashmir's affiliation remains one of the most difficult political issues in relations between India and Pakistan.

1952 - Germany and Japan joined the International Monetary Fund.

1960 - The newly formed government of the Central African Republic declared independence from France.

1961 - The German Democratic Republic closed the state border between West and East Berlin. The construction of the Berlin Wall, one of the most famous symbols of the Cold War, begins.

1964 - The last execution took place in the United Kingdom.

1990 - USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev issues a decree restoring the rights of all victims of political repression in the years 1920-1950.

1997 - The first episode of the animated series South Park was broadcast on the American television channel Comedy Central.

2004 - the first podcast was created.

Celebrities born on August 13

1655 - Johann Christoph Danner, German master of musical instruments, inventor of the clarinet.

1773 - Yuri Lysiansky, Ukrainian navigator, geographer, oceanographer.

1814 - Anders Jonas Angstrom, Swedish astrophysicist, one of the founders of spectral analysis.

1844 - Friedrich Miescher, Swiss scientist who discovered nucleic acids - DNA and RNA.

1866 - Giovanni Agnelli, Italian industrialist who founded the automobile company Fiat in 1899.

1899 - Alfred Hitchcock, British film director, master of suspense.

1964 - Stepan Protsiuk, Ukrainian writer.

1979 - Kateryna Buzhynska, Ukrainian singer, Honored Artist of Ukraine.

1976 - Hanna Bortiuk, Ukrainian teacher, Hero of Ukraine.

1984 - Olena Bondarenko, Ukrainian tennis player.

1982 - Sebastian Stan, American actor of Hungarian descent.

Signs of the day on August 13

Here are the signs you can use to try to predict the weather on this day:

• ants have built high anthills - to a cold winter;
• if a strong wind is blowing, then a lot of snow will fall in winter;
• butterflies and bees are nowhere to be seen - the weather will soon deteriorate and the autumn cold snap will begin;
• thick fog over the forest promises a large harvest of mushrooms;
• cobwebs are flying in the air - a sign of long-lasting heat;
• yellow leaves appeared on the trees - to early autumn and a short Indian summer.

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