Holidays
- Advertising Workers Day
- International Snow Leopard Day
- Day of Prayer
- International Paperless Day
- Evlampius Winter Pointer
- Cathedral of Volyn Saints
- Garage Driver's Day
- Canning Day
- Crocs Day
- Talk Show Hosts Day
- iPod Birthday
- Tail Drop Day
Significant dates
1814 The first plastic surgery in Europe was performed.
1937 The heroic drift of the icebreaker Georgy Sedov in the Arctic has begun.
1953 Andrei Sakharov was elected a full member of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
2000 Chinese archaeologists have discovered a museum of ancient musical instruments.
2002 The terrorist attack on Dubrovka took place in Moscow.
Persons
On October 23, 1715, the All-Russian Emperor (1727-1730), grandson of Peter I, Peter II, was born.
On October 23, 1904, Russian and Indian philosopher, artist, cultural critic Svyatoslav Roerich was born.
Swiss physicist and Nobel laureate Felix Bloch was born on October 23, 1905.
On October 23, 1908, Soviet physicist, academician, and Nobel laureate Ilya Frank was born.
On October 23, 1920, Italian children's writer, author of “The Adventures of Cipollino” (6+) Gianni Rodari was born.
On October 23, 1928, the Soviet composer, songwriter, People's Artist of the RSFSR Yuri Saulsky was born.
American science fiction writer, screenwriter and film director Michael Crichton was born on October 23, 1942.
Folk calendar
Evlampius Winter Pointer
On this day, two saints are honored – brother and sister Eulampios and Eulampia, who lived during the time of Emperor Maximilian, a persecutor of Christians.
In Rus' on this day they observed various signs by which one could judge the upcoming weather. They looked, for example, at the month: it was believed that its horns should point in the direction from which the winds would soon blow. There was another interpretation of this sign: if the horns of the month point to the north, there will be a quick and severe winter, if to the south, there will be mud and slush all the way to Kazanskaya.
At this time, the logs were split into splinters, which were installed in special lamps – lights. In their light, the peasants were doing household chores: preparing food, doing handicrafts, repairing tools, making something. The splinter burned out quickly – in just a few minutes. Therefore, the children were charged with the duty of monitoring the lights and changing the torches as necessary.
Name day on this day
Andrey, Vasily, Evlampy, Evlampia, Innokenty
Source: Calend.ru.
