Today on August 17. Than this day is known?
In the WORLD
Day of reunion of Slovenes of Prekmurya with the maternal people Prekmurye — the region located in the northeast modern Slovenia. The center of area is the ancient Murska Sobota.
B 1648 there was a decisive battle between revolutionary army of the general Kromvel Oliver and the Anglo-Scottish royalists.
B 1896 the "gold-rush" beginning on Klondike. On January 24, 1848 at Satter's sawmill on the river Amerikan to northern State of California the first gold was found. When hearings about it reached San Francisco, about only State of California gold diggers there directed. In the country "gold-rush" began.
B 1948 Mother Teresa left a monastery Region of Loreto and went to wander about slums Calcutta to serve the poorest of poor "We do not do anything great. We do a little, but with great love" Mother Teresa.
To Russian Federation
B 1928 in Moscow Stadium "Dinamo" opened. On August 17, 1928 on Leningradsky Avenue Moscow Stadium "Dinamo" opened. In the same day the first football match between the national teams Belarus and working clubs Switzerland here took place.
B 1977 the Soviet nuclear Arctic ice breaker for the first time in the history of navigation reached the North Pole. On August 9, 1977 the Soviet atomic-powered vessel "Arctic" under command of the captain Kuchiev Youri after a recharge of reactors and thorough training left Murmansk and headed to the northernmost tip of Novaya Zemlya.
Name-day. Alexey, Andrey, Darya, Denis, Dmitry, Eudoxia, Ivan, Iya, Konstantin, Kuzma, Maksimilian, Mikhail Botvinnik, Semyon.
Were born this day . (1844) Vodovozova Elizabeth, Russian children's writer, teacher, memoirist. (1898) Zakharov Matvey, Soviet military leader, Marshal and twice Hera Soviet Union, professor. (1911) Mikhail Botvinnik, Soviet chess player, 6th world champion in chess, international grand master. (1935) Tabakov Oleg, Soviet and Russian actor, director, teacher, National actor of the USSR. (1941) Gubenko Nicholas, Russian stage and film actor, director, screenwriter, public figure. (1942) Magomaev Muslim, Soviet and Azerbaijani opera and crooner, National actor of the USSR. (1943) de Niro Robert, American actor, director and producer, owner of the award "Oscar". (1984) Domnina Oksana, Russian figure skater, prize-winner of the Olympic Games, Honoured Master of Sports Russian Federation.
On a national calendar . Avdotya Malinovka, Ogurechnitsa, Senognoyka. On Avdotya — the last collecting cucumbers. After that day they cease to grow. Therefore zealous owners hurried to clean a tops of vegetable while it did not dry, and to put it in a compost pit. Reaped also a garlic and onions crop. Both that, and another often went together with cucumbers to salting.
On a lunar calendar . Fifteenth day of a lunar cycle. The moon today it is so strong that all positive and negative that is in the person, amplifies repeatedly. Our internal tempter therefore there can be many temptations in the most different spheres becomes more active. There is a danger to become inspired, lazy, pliable adverse effects because control of behavior is weakened, and instincts are shown fully. There is a probability under their influence to make any nonsenses, but remember: consequences can be very negative.
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