Holidays
- World Standards Day
- Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Nature Reserve Workers Day
- Winnie the Pooh's birthday
- World Spirometry and Lung Health Day
- Day of accumulation of vitality
- Dessert day
- Be Bald and Free Day
- Lowercase Letter Day
- Chak-chak day
- Cloud Weaving Day
Significant dates
1165 The construction of the Church of the Intercession on the Nerl has been completed.
1843 Mendelssohn's “Wedding March” was performed for the first time (0+).
1851 The English news agency Reuters (18+) was founded in London.
1926 A London publishing house has published Alan Milne's book “Winnie the Pooh” (6+).
1943 Soviet troops liberated Zaporozhye from the Nazi invaders.
1943 There was an uprising in the Sobibor concentration camp.
1944 Founding day of MGIMO.
1946 A decision was made to create the International Organization for Standardization.
1964 Nikita Khrushchev was relieved of his duties as First Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee.
2012 An Austrian skydiver made a jump from the stratosphere.
Persons
On October 14, 1867, Japanese poet, writer, literary critic and Meiji poetry theorist Masaoka Shiki was born.
American track and field athlete, eight-time Olympic champion Raymond Urey was born on October 14, 1873.
On October 14, 1890, the 34th President of the United States (1953-1960), American statesman and military leader Dwight Eisenhower was born.
On October 14, 1892, the Soviet commander, Marshal and Hero of the Soviet Union Andrei Eremenko was born.
On October 14, 1925, Soviet poet, prose writer, translator and playwright Naum Korzhavin was born.
On October 14, 1930, the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1965-1997) Joseph-Désiré Mobutu was born.
On October 14, 1934, Soviet and Russian director, theater and film actor, People's Artist of Russia Mikhail Kozakov was born.
On October 14, 1952, Soviet gymnast, coach, and seven-time Olympic champion Nikolai Andrianov was born.
On October 14, 1963, Soviet and Russian fashion designer, People's Artist of Russia Valentin Yudashkin was born.
Folk calendar
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On this day, Orthodox people celebrate a big holiday – the Day of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
By Intercession, the peasants tried to complete all agricultural work – harvest the entire harvest, make preparations for the winter. The “winter” began. The cattle were no longer driven out to pasture, but kept in barns and transferred to winter feed. On this day, workers were usually hired – usually for the period until Epiphany. The veil was also considered a day of reckoning – for work and for goods.
In villages, weddings began on this day, and unmarried girls prayed to quickly get engaged to their lover. “Cover the earth with snow, and cover me with a bridegroom,” they addressed the Mother of God. There was another version of the request: “Cover my poor head with a pearl kokoshnik, a golden headband.”
The girls tried to spend the holiday as cheerfully as possible, because they believed: “If you spend the Intercession having fun, you will find a sweet friend.” White, pure first snow was associated with the bride’s veil, and by its quantity on Pokrov they judged the number of weddings that would take place.
The Intercession has always been considered an important holiday by the people, so on this day they always went to church with the whole family to pray to the Most Holy Theotokos and ask her for well-being. By this time, the time for round dances and street games had ended, and gatherings began: girls gathered in one hut in the evenings and did handicrafts, accompanying their work with singing.
The weather was judged by various signs. If the wind blew from the east, a cold winter was expected. If snow has not yet fallen on Pokrov, it means it will not fall for a long time. However, this rarely happened. It’s not for nothing that Russian people said: “On Pokrov it’s autumn before lunch, and winter after lunch.”
Name day on this day
Alexander, Alexey, Vera, Georgy, Ivan, Mikhail, Nikolay, Peter, Roman, Savva
Source: Calend.ru.
