Holidays and commemorative dates:
Day of Heroes — holiday of memory of the fighters for the freedom of Ukraine. Today, all Ukrainian heroes are honored – from the knights of Kievan Rus and the Cossacks to the soldiers of the Army of the Ukrainian People’s Republic, UPA and the current Russian-Ukrainian war. This day was celebrated for the first time in 1921 at the initiative of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. The date was chosen on the anniversary of the assassination of Yevhen Konovalets, the leader of the Ukrainian Nationalist Party.
Marine Corps Day of Ukraine – in 2014-2017, October 16 was celebrated. Established in 2014. Since 2018, it has been celebrated on July 23
Lucky coin day – dedicated to talismans and other attributes of good luck.
Events on this day:
1906 Henrik Ibsen, the Norwegian playwright and poet, the founder of the European “new drama” (“Per Günt”, “A Doll’s House”) died.
1938 — Yevgeny Konovalets, head of the Ukrainian Nationalist Party (since 1927), who was killed by the NKVD agent Pavel Sudoplatov, passed away.
1949 — the creation of the Federal Republic of Germany was proclaimed in Bonn.
1984 — the chief physician of the United States declared passive smoking harmful to health. Interestingly, at the beginning of the 20th century, smoking was even considered useful. And in the 1950s and 1960s, American doctors advised pregnant women to smoke to “get rid of stress.” Later, there were studies that proved the extremely negative impact of smoking on human health.
1988 — Michel Platini’s farewell to big football.
On May 23, 1988, the farewell match of the French football player Michel Platini was held at the “Marcel Picot” stadium, with the support of 35,000 spectators. It was a match between the French team and the World team. Pele himself came to the holiday. The world team included the best footballers of that time: Mattheus, Michel, Tardelli, Gordon Strakan, Maradona, Zico, Rinat Dasaev, Igor Belanov. In the 88th minute, a symbolic event took place: Michel Platini left the field to thunderous applause, giving way to his eight-year-old son Laurent.
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During his career, Michel played 72 matches for the national team, in which he scored forty-one times (more than any French footballer). In fifty matches, he went on the field with the captain’s armband. In 1984, he led the French national team to victory at the European Championship. “France Football” magazine recognized him as the best player of the 20th century in France. He is the only football player who was awarded the “Golden Ball” award three years in a row.
In January 2007, Platini was elected president of UEFA. Since January 2020, he is an adviser to the president of the International Federation of Professional Footballers’ Associations.
A few life quotes of the great football player:
- “No matter what happens, you can never turn back time.”
- “The most boring thing is to constantly dig into myself. I spent more time explaining why I made the choice I did than making the choice itself.”
- “I will always fight to the end.”
- “Age is not a woman, you can’t fool him.”
1995 — the first version of the Java programming language was released.
2006 — Serbia recognized the results of the referendum on the sovereignty of Montenegro.
