Segodnya 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.
of Qi Xi — a holiday of lovers in China . One of the most romantic traditional Chinese holidays. He is marked out in the evening of the seventh day of the seventh month on a traditional Lunar calendar. From here one more name of this holiday — the Festival of the double seven.
City Day Riga.
City Day Dresden .
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 of Calcutta to serve the poorest of the poor.
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 from Murmansk and headed to the northernmost tip of Novaya Zemlya.
To Sakha (Yakutia) Republic
of 75 years since birth Kelle-Pelle Valery , the honored worker of culture of YaASSR (1943-1990).
of 80 years since birth Negenblya Yvan Yefimovich , honored worker of culture of Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, candidate of historical sciences, prose writer, publicist (1938).<"67>"
Name-day . Alexey, Andrey, Darya, Denis, Dmitry, Eudoxia, Negenblya Yvan Yefimovich, Irina, 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, sixth world champion in chess, international grand master. (1935) Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov, Soviet and Russian actor, director, teacher, national actor of the USSR. (1941) Gubenko Nicholas, Russian stage and film actor, director, screenwriter, public figure. (1942) Muslim Magomaev, 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 . Moon phase: The first quarter, the Moon growing. Today day of rest and humility, it is not suitable for a pressure and active actions. Do not wait for unexpected events. Fine day for setting of acquaintances, creation of new plans within conceived at the beginning of a lunar cycle. Day is good and for capture of criminals.
Good luck accompanies your undertakings, the intuition becomes aggravated – today it can safely trust. It is not surprising that tendency to clairvoyance and telepathy can even be shown.
Source: Calend.ru