What holidays are celebrated on October 6. All events

On October 6, Orthodox believers honor the memory of the Apostle Thomas. Anton, Ivan and Iosyp celebrate their name days.

October 6 is Change A Light Day, World Cerebral Palsy Day, and World Habitat Day. OBOZ.UA tells about the holidays and significant events of this day.

What holidays are celebrated on October 6

October 6, according to the New Julian calendar, is the day of memory of St. Thomas. Thomas was a fisherman and lived in Galilee. One day, he heard Jesus Christ preaching, which inspired him to join the new teaching. Soon Thomas became an apostle, a disciple of Jesus.

Territorial Defense Day of Ukraine is celebrated annually on the first Sunday of October. The holiday was established by a presidential decree on September 30, 2020, given the importance of territorial defense in ensuring the country's defense capability and territorial integrity.

World Teachers' Day is celebrated on October 5, and in Ukraine, the holiday is celebrated on the first Sunday of October, which this year falls on the 6th. The day was first celebrated in 1980. In independent Ukraine, in support of the initiative of educators, the Presidential Decree of 1994 established Teachers' Day to be celebrated annually on the first Sunday of October. One of the interesting traditions is the so-called "self-government day" when high school students take it upon themselves to teach younger students, thus giving teachers a chance to rest.

Other countries around the world also celebrate the following holidays on October 6:

• Uzhhorod City Day - the 1st Sunday of October;
• National Wine Day in Moldova;
• National Coaches Day in the United States;
• International Change A Light Day;
• Grandparents' Day in the UK;
• Father's Day in Luxembourg;
• Thanksgiving in Germany.

Notable historical events on October 6

• 1618 - Ukrainian army led by Petro Sahaidachnyi marches towards Moscow and defeats Buturlin's army.
• 1701 - Kyiv-Mohyla College is granted the status of an academy.
• 1829 - the first test run from Manchester to Liverpool was made by the Rocket locomotive, built by British inventor J. Stephenson.
• 1848 - an uprising began in Vienna, which resulted in the Revolution of 1848-1849.
• 1889 - the Moulin Rouge cabaret was opened in Paris.
• 1917 - the First All-Ukrainian Conference of Prosvitas (enlightenment society) took place.
• 1927 - the first sound film premiered in New York.
• 1973 - an attack by Egyptian and Syrian troops during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur began the Yom Kippur War between Israel and the Arab countries.
• 1975 - Dynamo Kyiv wins the UEFA Super Cup against Bayern Munich in the second leg 2-0 (first leg 1-0).
• 2010 - Instagram is launched.

Who was born on October 6:

• 1459 - Martin Behaim, German scientist and navigator, creator of the oldest surviving globe.
• 1773 - Louis Philippe I, King of France.
• 1881 - Ivan Kocherha, Ukrainian playwright.
• 1921 - Yevhen Landis, prominent Ukrainian mathematician.
• 1929 - Mykhailo Hrytsiuk, prominent Ukrainian sculptor.
• 1931 - Riccardo Giacconi, American astrophysicist of Italian descent, winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the creation of X-ray astronomy and the invention of the X-ray telescope".

Who died on October 6:

• 1926 - Volodymyr Hnatiuk, Ukrainian ethnographer, folklorist, linguist, and public figure.
• 1941 - Teofil Richter, Ukrainian and Soviet musician, teacher, composer.
• 1989 - Bette Davis, American theater, film, and television actress. Winner of two Academy Awards and a Golden Globe.
• 2018 - Montserrat Caballé, Spanish and Catalan opera singer.

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