Holidays and commemorative dates:
World Food Security Day – a holiday initiated by the UN. It is designed to draw attention to the safety of food products and the importance of ensuring a sufficient amount of food in all countries of the world.
VCR Day – the device was presented in 1956. The South Korean drama Young Teacher became the first film to be released for home viewing on VHS tapes. The cartoon “The Lion King” became the most popular video work. In 1995, 32 million copies of cassettes were sold.
Chocolate ice cream day – the most ice cream per capita is consumed in the USA, Australia and Norway.
World Caring Day – designed to draw attention to the need for compassion for others, tolerance and kindness.
Events on this day:
1099 – Crusader troops began the siege of Jerusalem during their first campaign.
1498 – Columbus set out on his third voyage to the New World, during which he discovered the modern island of Haiti.
1775 – The United Colonies changed their name to the United States of America.
By the spring of 1776, most of the American colonies were in favor of independence from England, and in July 1776, the Declaration of Independence was adopted at the Continental Congress. The declaration proclaimed the formation of 13 new sovereign states on the Atlantic coast of North America. Initially, these were independent states not united in the federal union – New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania.
The name “United States” was used for the first time in the Declaration of Independence. It is believed to have been proposed by Thomas Paine, a public figure and political figure in the United States and Great Britain. This form and a shorter one – “States” – were used in the protocols of the Continental Congress.
On September 9, 1776, the Continental Congress approved a new name – “United States of America”.
1778 – George Brummell was born, a dandy, a legislator of fashions and refined tastes of high society England. Introduced a modern men’s black suit with a tie or neckerchief into fashion.
1843 — Markiyan Shashkevych, Ukrainian writer, public and cultural figure, one of the leaders of the Ukrainian national revival, died
1848 is the birthday of Paul Gauguin, a French artist, one of the main representatives of post-impressionism.
1903 – in Berlin, the French scientist Curie announced the discovery of a new chemical element – polonium, named after the homeland of his Polish wife Maria Sklodowska-Curie.
1919 – written tests for obtaining a driver’s license were held for the first time in New York.
1920 — the government of the Ukrainian People’s Republic moved from Vinnytsia to Zhmerinka.
1929 – according to the Lateran Agreements, the sovereign state of the Vatican was formed in the center of Rome.
1938 — Mykola Voronyi, Ukrainian writer, translator, director and theater expert, victim of Stalinist terror, passed away
