What holiday is celebrated on November 20: calendar of events

On Wednesday, November 20, the Orthodox Church celebrates the day of St. Gregory the Decapologist. Anatoliy, Arsen, Vasyl, Volodymyr, Hryhoriy, Ivan, Makar, Mykola, Oleksandr, Oleksiy, Hanna, Tetyana celebrate their name days on this day.

OBOZ.UA tells what other holidays fall on this date. As well as about the main historical events and birthdays of the day.

What holidays are celebrated on November 20

World Children's Day is a UN-sponsored holiday that annually honors the global brotherhood and understanding of children. It is also a day to support activities aimed at ensuring the well-being of children around the world. It was on November 20, 1959, that the General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. And the Convention on the Rights of the Child was approved on the same date in 1989.

Transphobia Victims Memorial Day - For centuries, transgender people have been subjected to various forms of violence and often even killed for challenging the views, concepts and stereotypes surrounding "male" and "female" identities. Every year on November 20, the world honors all those who have suffered for their transgender identity. This holiday aims to honor, celebrate and perpetuate the memory of those who face discrimination and stigma.

Name Your Computer Day - let's be honest, we all talk to our computers from time to time. After all, this gadget has long since become a real alter ego for us - a friend, a colleague, and a faithful companion. So it definitely deserves a name. And today is the time to come up with one.

World Day Against Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - COPD is not a single disease, but a general term for diseases that cause problems related to breathing and airflow. Chronic bronchitis and emphysema are included in this group of diseases, which are often caused by air pollution or smoking. People who suffer from COPD are usually at a higher risk of other health problems. Every November, the world celebrates a day to raise awareness of COPD and its treatment.

Events on November 20

1480 - the end of the stand on Ugra - the end of the Tatar-Mongol rule in Russia.

1624 - Zacharias Kopystensky is appointed archimandrite of the Kyiv Cave Monastery.

1805 - The premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera "Fidelio" takes place.

1818 - Simón Bolívar proclaimed Venezuela's independence from the Spanish Kingdom.

1910 - The beginning of the Mexican Revolution. Francisco Madero announces the Plan of San Luis Potosí, where he proclaims himself president of Mexico and calls for an armed struggle against dictator Porfirio Díaz.

1917 - The Ukrainian Central Rada proclaims the Ukrainian People's Republic in its 3rd Universal.

1918 - The Bolsheviks set up a provisional government of the Ukrainian SSR headed by Yuri Pyatakov.

1941 - workers in blockaded Leningrad began to receive 250 grams of bread per day on ration cards, while everyone else received 125 grams. During the blockade, more than 640,000 Leningraders died of starvation.

1943 - Under the protection of the UPA, the First Conference of the Enslaved Peoples of Eastern Europe and Asia began in Volyn, where a political organization, the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Peoples (ABN), was formed.

1945 - the international trial of Nazi leaders of the Third Reich begins in the German city of Nuremberg.

1985 - Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released.

1990 - Andrei Chikatil, the most famous Soviet serial killer, is arrested.

1998 - The first module of the International Space Station (Zarya module) is launched.

2003 - 900 thousand years old ice is found in Antarctica.

2004 - The Shevchenkivsky District Court of Kyiv rejects the Kyiv City State Administration's request to restrict mass rallies on the Independence Square from November 21 to 23.

November 20 birthdays

1480 - Fernand Magellan, Portuguese and Spanish navigator and explorer, the man who organized the first circumnavigation of the world.

1625 - Paulus Potter, Dutch artist. One of the most prominent representatives of Dutch painting of the Golden Age.

1717 - Hryhoriy Konysky, Ukrainian writer, preacher, church and cultural figure.

1858 - Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish writer, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

1889 - Edwin Hubble, American astronomer, author of the concept of the expansion of the universe. A modern orbiting telescope is named after him.

1896 - Mykhailo Verikivskyi, composer, conductor and folklorist.

1923 - Petro Opanasovych Farin, soldier, holder of three Orders of Glory.

1924 - Benoît Mandelbrot, French mathematician of Polish origin, founder of fractal geometry.

1925 - Robert F. Kennedy, American politician and statesman, younger brother of assassinated President John F. Kennedy.

1942 - Joe Biden, 46th President of the United States

1934 - Lev Polugayevsky, Soviet chess grandmaster and theorist.

1961 - Yevhen Telnov, soldier of the National Guard of Ukraine, participant in the war in eastern Ukraine. Hero of Ukraine.

1963 - Mykhailo Didyk, opera singer, People's Artist of Ukraine, winner of the Taras Shevchenko State Prize.

1983 - Mykhailo Khoma, Ukrainian singer, lead singer of the band DZIDZIO.

1986 - Oliver Sykes, British musician, lead vocalist of the metalcore band Bring Me the Horizon.

1998 - Taisiya-Oksana Shchuruk, Ukrainian film actress.

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