Today it is impossible to refuse help if asked.
Today the Orthodox Church honors the memory of the Confessor Theophylact.
21 March – World Poetry Day
international forest day
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
World Down Syndrome Day
International Puppet Theater Day
Things not to do on March 17:
- refuse help
- loan money
- go away from home
- sell property
Folk signs and beliefs:
- If the clouds are high and moving quickly across the sky, the weather will be fine.
- If waves and mounds of snow fall on the fields in a blizzard in March, this promises a good harvest of vegetables and spring bread in the garden.
- Time for the willow to turn silver
Angel Day is celebrated:
Athanasius, Vladimir, Ivan
Also on this day:
630 – Byzantine emperor Heraclius I recaptures the cross of Jesus Christ from the Persians and returns it to Jerusalem.
1098 – Robert of Molemsky founded the Order of the Cistercians in Citeaux.
1556 – Bishop Thomas Cranmer, who translated the Bible into English, is burned at the stake in Oxford.
1666 – Canada’s first census records a population of 3,000.
1846 Belgian wind instrument manufacturer Adolphe Sax patents the saxophone.
1922 Waterloo station opened in London.
1927 – The first issue of the Ukrainian Literaturnaya Gazeta is published in Kiev.
1962 – Became the first living brown bear to supersonic. The bear was thrown out at an altitude of more than 10 km and at a speed of about 1400 km / h and landed safely after 7 minutes 49 seconds.
1999 – Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first people to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon after a 478-hour journey.
2006 – Jack Dorsey sent the first message on the social network “Twitter” he created.
Source: Focus
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