What holiday is October 24: interesting facts and events

On October 24, Orthodox believers honor the memory of the holy martyr Arethusa and those with him. Oleksandr, Anatoliy, Viktoriya, Zynayida, Ilarion, Yosyp, Lev, Makar ta Moysey celebrate their name days.

The world celebrates World Kangaroo Day, United Nations Day, Disarmament Week (October 24-30), World Polio Day and International Climate Action Day. OBOZ.UA tells about the holidays and significant events of this day.

What holidays are celebrated on October 24

October 24, according to the New Julian calendar, is the day of remembrance of the martyr Are thusa . Arethusa was a Christian priest in Egypt in the third century who lived during the persecution of Christians. The martyr refused to renounce Christianity and worship idols, for which he was sentenced to death.

October 24 is the International Day of Action for Climate Protection. This is a format of direct action protest initiated by environmentalists in 2005 in connection with the Global Climate Campaign. The main focus of this day is to raise awareness of the human impact on global warming.

The UN Day is celebrated annually in accordance with the decision of the General Assembly. On October 24, 1945, after the majority of the founding states ratified the treaty establishing the world body, the United Nations was officially established.

Countries around the world also celebrate October 24:

• World Media and Information Literacy Week;
• Indonesian Doctor's Day;
• Food Day in the United States;
• Astronomy Day in Argentina;
• Library Day in Spain;
• Suez Victory Day in Egypt.

Notable historical events on October 24

• 1648 - Peace of Westphalia, ending the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) in Europe.
• 1857 - the world's first football club is founded in Sheffield (UK).
• 1861 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln receives a telegraph message from California, the first transcontinental telegraph message in history.
• 1929 - Black Thursday and the beginning of the Great Depression.
• 1941 - The German army entered Kharkiv.
• 1945 - The United Nations was inaugurated.
• 1952 - Dwight Eisenhower declares the war in Korea a "crusade against communism".
• 1956 - Soviet troops are sent to Hungary to suppress the revolution.
• 1960 - a rocket explodes on the launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome half an hour before the first launch.
• 1991 - the Verkhovna Rada proclaimed the non-nuclear status of Ukraine.

Who was born on October 24

• 1632 - Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch naturalist, founder of microscopy.
• 1804 - Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist, creator of the first telegraph.
• 1947 - Kevin Kline, American actor, Oscar winner.
• 1985 - Wayne Rooney, English footballer.

Died on this day:

• 1601 - Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer, astrologer and alchemist.
• 1957 - Christian Dior, French fashion designer, founder of the Christian Dior fashion house.
• 2011 - John McCarthy, American computer scientist and researcher of thinking, author of the term "artificial intelligence", creator of the LISP language.

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