What holidays are celebrated on November 2: interesting facts about this day

On November 2, Orthodox believers honor the holy martyrs Akíndynos, Pigasius, Aftonium, Elpidophoros, and Anempodistus. This is also one of the days of remembrance. It is also a name day for Artem, Oleksandra, Zosym, Ivan, Iryna, Leonida, Mykhailo, and Mykola.

The world celebrates the World Numbat Day, the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, and Traffic Directors Day. OBOZ.UA tells about the holidays and significant events of this day.

What holidays are celebrated on November 2

November 2, according to the New Julian calendar, is the day of remembrance of the saints Akíndynos, Pigasius, Anempodistus and 7 thousand martyrs with them. The men lived at the court of Emperor Shapur II, who ruled from 310 to 381, and were devout Christians. One day the emperor decided to start persecuting and killing the followers of Christ's teachings. He heard rumors about the faith of Akíndynos, Pigasius, and Anempodistus. The men of the court honestly confirmed their faith and endured all the suffering and torture. Shapur ordered them to be hung over the fire, but the prayers of the saints extinguished the flames. The next day the martyrs were burned.

In 2013, the UN General Assembly decided to proclaim November 2 as the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. The UN calls on member states to take concrete measures to combat impunity. The date was chosen in memory of the two French journalists killed in Mali on November 2, 2013.

Every year on the first Saturday of November, the World Numbat Day is celebrated.

Also, countries around the world celebrate:

• Traffic Directors Day;
• North and South Dakota Day in the United States;
• National Bison Day in the United States;
• Mainz Book Fair;
• Minden Autumn Fair;
• Kiel Sea of ​​Lights.

Notable historical events on November 2

• 1708 - the city of Baturyn is destroyed by the Moscow army.
• 1833 - Kyiv University is founded.
• 1848 - The Spring of Nations: after being bombarded by Austrian artillery, the rebellious Poles in Lviv surrendered.
• 1914 - France, Great Britain, and the Russian Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
• 1938 - The Kingdom of Hungary seized the southern parts of Slovakia and Carpathian Ukraine.
• 2000 - The body of journalist Georgiy Gongadze was found in the forest near Tarashcha.
• 2015 - the Semantic Scholar project, a research and search tool for scientific literature based on artificial intelligence, is presented.

Who was born on November 2

• 69 BC - Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt.
• 1699 - Jean Siméon Chardin, French painter of the Enlightenment, representative of realism.
• 1755 - Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (1770-93).
• 1795 - James Knox Polk, 11th President of the United States (1845-1849)
• 1815 - George Boole, British mathematician, founder of formal logic.
• 1865 - Warren Harding, 29th President of the United States (1921-23).
• 1902 - Serhiy Lebediev, Ukrainian mathematician, electrical engineer, developer of the first Soviet computers.
• 1911 - Odysseas Elytis, Greek poet, winner of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Literature.
• 2000 - Alphonso Davies, Canadian football player.

Died on this day:

• 1914 - Čeněk Chvojka, Ukrainian archaeologist of Czech origin, discoverer of the Trypillia and Chernyakhiv archaeological cultures.
• 1950 - Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright and publicist, winner of the 1925 Nobel Prize in Literature.
• 1966 - Peter Debye, Dutch physicist and chemist.
• 1975 - Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian writer, screenwriter, film director.
• 1985 - Volodymyr Kubiyovych, Ukrainian encyclopedist, editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Ukrainian Studies.
• 2022 - Taras Chaika, officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war, Hero of Ukraine (posthumously).

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