Holidays and commemorative dates:
International Day of Children Victims of Aggression – celebrated on the initiative of the UN since 1983. The date was set on the anniversary of the first Israeli air raid on Beirut and other Lebanese towns on June 4, 1982, which killed a large number of civilians, including children.
Day of commemoration of the children who died as a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine – celebrated annually from 2021. The date is set by Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine No. 5343 of June 1, 2021. Since February 24, 2022, 548 children have died as a result of hostilities in Ukraine, and more than 1,351 have been injured of various degrees of severity.
International caries day – celebrated since 2013 to draw attention to oral health problems. According to WHO data, caries occurs in 60-90% of school-age children and almost 100% of adults.
Day of water workers of Ukraine – is celebrated annually in accordance with Presidential Decree No. 226/03 dated March 18, 2003.
Day of Workers of Local Industry of Ukraine – is celebrated annually in accordance with Presidential Decree No. 726/02 dated August 20, 2002.
Events on this day:
470 BC c. — Socrates, the Greek philosopher, was born.
1500 — Kyiv, according to Magdeburg law, was exempted from all trade duties
1630 — Taras Tryasilo defeated the Poles led by Konetspolsky near Pereyaslav
1664 – New Amsterdam was renamed New York
1771 – Danish-Norwegian navigator Vitus Jonas Bering discovered Alaska
1775 — on June 4-5 (according to other data, June 15-16), by order of Catherine II, Russian troops under the command of General P. Tekeli destroyed Zaporizhzhya Sich.
1798 – Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer, traveler and writer, died.
1800 – the construction of the White House is completed
1863 — Vladyslav Horodetsky was born, a Kyiv architect of Polish origin, the author of the “House with Chimeras” and the Church of St. Nicholas in Kyiv
1865 – the first ever train robbery was committed in the American state of Ohio
1874 — the first general meeting of the Society named after T. G. Shevchenko
1921 — “Chanel” perfume (“Chanel No. 5”) was introduced in France for the first time
