July 4 Ukraine celebrates National Police Day and Forensic Expert Day. In the USA it is Independence Day, in Italy – Garibaldi Day, in the Philippines – Republic Day, in Venezuela – Architect’s Day, in Japan – Pear Day, in Norway – the birthday of Queen Sonia Haraldsen, in Latvia – the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Genocide of the Jewish People , in Argentina — the Day of the Village Doctor. Even today, Caesar Salad Day, Country Music Day, and Holiday Day are celebrated.
National Police Day
July 4 Ukraine celebrates the National Police Day, which was launched in 2018 after the President signed the corresponding decree. Until now, the holiday was celebrated on August 4, the day the President of Ukraine signed the Law “On the National Police”.
After the Revolution of Dignity, there was a need to seriously reform the law enforcement system. Ukraine took the experience of Georgia as an example and in the fall of 2014 presented the concept of reforming the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which provided for the creation of the National Police instead of the militia.
On July 2, 2015, the Verkhovna Rada adopted the law “On the National Police”, and already on July 4, the first staff of the National Police took the oath on Sofia Square in Kyiv. Lviv became the second city where the police started working, and Odesa became the third. Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 97 of April 4, 2018 amended Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 693 of December 9, 2015, which established that the Day of the National Police of Ukraine is celebrated annually on July 4 in honor of the event in 2015, when the first patrol police officers took the oath.
Today, in the conditions of a full-scale invasion of Russia, the National Police officers play an important role in the resistance of the Ukrainian people to armed aggression. In May 2023, the Cabinet of Ministers amended the regulations on the National Police, giving it new powers. Now the police can interact with the Armed Forces, the National Guard, border guards, the SBU and the special transport service to fight against saboteurs and illegal paramilitary groups. The National Police also helps the State Border Service to detect channels of illegal border crossing, movement of weapons and ammunition.
Police officers not only monitor order, but also help evacuate residents of regions where hostilities are taking place, identify saboteurs and collaborators, investigate war crimes by the occupiers, and search for missing people, including children.
Day of the forensic expert of Ukraine
July 4 In Ukraine, the Day of the Forensic Expert is celebrated in accordance with the presidential decree of June 10, 2009. This holiday was initiated by the Coordinating Council for Forensic Expertise at the Ministry of Justice. The President was guided by the fact that judicial expert activity plays a very important role in protecting the rights of citizens and ensuring a fair judiciary.
Independence Day of the United States of America
US Independence Day, also known as the Fourth of July, is a national holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. This historic document declared the independence of the United States from Great Britain and its intention to become a self-governing nation.
The Day of Remembrance of the Genocide of the Jewish People during the Second World War
July 4 — The Day of Remembrance of the Genocide of the Jewish People during the Second World War. On this day, in 1941, a few days after German troops entered Riga, eight synagogues were burned in the Latvian capital along with thousands of Jews. This day went down in history as “Crystal Night”. For the first time, “Krystal Night” – the night of broken windows – was organized by fascists in Germany on November 9, 1938. In the wave of Jewish pogroms that swept through the country, hundreds of Jews were killed, all synagogues in Germany were destroyed, and more than seven thousand Jewish shops were looted. After that, more than thirty thousand Jews were thrown into concentration camps.
On this day:
1054 year: According to Chinese and Arab astronomers, a supernova flared up in the Taurus constellation, which could be observed even during the day for 23 days, and at night for a year. It was six times brighter than Venus, and only the Sun and the Moon could outshine it. After the explosion, the supernova turned into the Crab Nebula, in the center of which is a pulsar star, 6,000 light-years away from Earth.
1631 year: The world’s first employment agency opens in Paris.
1784 year: Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II annulled the Hungarian constitution and ordered the Hungarian crown to be moved to Vienna.
1817 year: In the city of Rome (New York), the construction of the Erie Canal, which was supposed to connect the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River, began. The construction was completed in 1825. The length of the channel was 540 km with an average width of about 50 meters.
1819 year: Fadei Bellinshausen’s expedition set off from Kronstadt to sail around the world, during which Antarctica was discovered.
1865 year: The first edition of Lewis Carroll’s book “Alice in Wonderland” was published.
1917 year: Speech of Polubotkiv residents in Kyiv with the aim of declaring the independence of Ukraine.
2022 year: The Ukrainian military landed on Zmiiny Island and returned the Ukrainian flag to it. It was on Zmiinomo that the famous phrase of the Ukrainian border guard, who indicated the direction of the Russian warship, was heard. These words became a symbol of indomitability and courage of the Ukrainian people and flew around the world. On the night of June 30, as a result of the stage of the military operation with fire strikes by missile and artillery units on Snake Island, the Russians, after a 126-day occupation, hastily evacuated the remnants of the garrison with two speedboats. The loss of the island meant that the occupiers lost control over part of the Black Sea. However, on July 4, the Ukrainian military landed on the island and returned the state flag to it.
Other interesting facts:
1609 year: Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei demonstrated his first telescope, which had a significant impact on the further development of astronomy.
1826 year: Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, the second and third presidents of the United States, died on Independence Day, which gives the day even more historical significance.
1934 year: Brazilian football player Leonidas da Silva made the first officially recorded kick through himself, which later became known as the “scorpion kick”.
1960 year: The US flag was changed to the modern version with 50 stars after Hawaii became the 50th US state.
2004 year: Greece won the European Football Championship by sensationally beating Portugal in the final.
