Holidays and commemorative dates:
Day of Slavic writing and culture – in Ukraine, it has been celebrated since 2005 on the day of commemoration of Saints Equal-to-the-Apostles Cyril and Methodius.
European Day of Parks – has been celebrated for the 25th year in a row at the initiative of the Europark Federation (EUROPARK Federation). The holiday is designed to draw attention to the problems of protecting green areas. The date is dedicated to international cooperation in the protection of natural territories.
Events on this day:
827 – Cyril was born, an Orthodox saint, the father of Slavic writing.
1543 — Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer, author of the heliocentric theory of the Solar System, died
1571 — the troops of the Crimean khan Devlet-Gerai burned Moscow – the Crimean campaign on Moscow (1571);
1683 – The Ashmole Museum opened in Oxford, England. The first university museum in the world.
1686 – Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-German chemist and physicist.
1844 – the first telegram in Morse code was sent from Washington to Baltimore
1881 — Oleksandr Bogomolets, Ukrainian pathophysiologist, president of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (1930-46)
Oleksandr Oleksandrovich Bogomolets was born on May 24, 1881 in Kyiv in the family of a doctor – an outstanding Ukrainian scientist, academician, founder of the school of pathophysiology, endocrinology and gerontology, held the position of president of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, was vice-president of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR.
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It is interesting that the future medical scientist began his studies at the Faculty of Law of Kyiv University, intending to become a criminal lawyer. But soon he became disillusioned with jurisprudence and transferred to the medical faculty. By the end of his studies, his track record included five scientific works.
In 1930, Oleksandr Bogomolets was elected president of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR.
Once in 1945, the US military department ordered a story from a famous journalist about the most sensational event of the year, hinting at the use of the atomic bomb by the Americans in Japan. What was their surprise when the journalist recognized a more sensational event, much more important than the atomic bomb and even the end of the Second World War – “the amazing discovery of the Soviet scientist Bogomolets called “AC-serum”, which prolongs human life.”
The publication was published under the title “Tomorrow you can become younger” and told the publication’s multi-million audience about the phenomenal genius of a scientist who devoted more than forty years of his life to the study and prevention of diseases that lead to premature old age. The American journalist cited several quotes from Oleksandr Oleksandrovich, the main of which is: “The main principles of the fight for longevity: no oversaturation! It is necessary to restrain desire. It is a powerful stimulus for creativity, love, a stimulus for long life… 150 years should be recognized as the normal length of a person’s life.”
Yes, 150 years of life is more important than an atomic bomb!
Bogomolets died in 1946. At the scientist’s will, he was buried on the territory of the Kyiv Institute of Experimental Medicine. Shortly before his death, Oleksandr Oleksandrovich sadly joked in a conversation with his relatives that from here it would be more convenient for him to come inconspicuously to meetings of the scientific council and to experiments in the laboratory…
Stalin’s reaction to the scientist’s death was interesting. There are two options:
– “Didn’t live to see his 65th birthday. Couldn’t prove his theory of longevity.”
– “Here’s a swindler! He tricked us all!”.
However, perhaps this is just a historical anecdote.
1936 — Shakhtar FC was founded
1940 – at the First Congress of American Ukrainians in Washington, the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America was created
1940 — Igor Sikorsky made the first successful flight on a single-rotor helicopter.
1956 — the first Eurovision Song Contest took place in Lugano, in which 14 representatives of seven European countries took part
1999 — 39 people died as a result of an explosion at the Zasyadka mine in Donetsk.
2003 — Ukraine made its debut at the 48th Eurovision Song Contest held in Riga. Oleksandr Ponomaryov took 14th place with the song “Asta la vista”.
2023 – The Synod of Bishops of the OCU approved the transition to the New Julian church calendar from September 2023.
