Holidays on this day
- Santa Claus's birthday
- World Antimicrobial Awareness Week
- Day of Remembrance of the Vukovar Events of 1991
- Princess Day
- Day of making up secrets
- Feature Phone Day
- Onion Soup Day
Significant events in history
1699 Peter I issued a Decree on voluntary enrollment as soldiers “from all kinds of free people.”
1775 A manifesto was published on the new regional division of Russia – the empire was divided into 50 provinces.
1842 A decree was issued on the construction of the first permanent bridge across the Neva – Blagoveshchensky.
1870 The first official pigeon mail line connected Tours and Paris.
1885 The world's first motorcycle race took place in Germany.
1917 Metropolitan Tikhon of Moscow was elected Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'.
Persons
On November 18, 1786, the German composer, founder of German romantic opera, Carl Maria von Weber, was born.
On November 18, 1787, the French artist, one of the creators of photography, Louis Daguerre was born.
On November 18, 1920, Soviet football player and football coach, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR Konstantin Beskov was born.
On November 18, 1927, Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, TV presenter, People's Artist of the USSR Eldar Ryazanov was born.
Folk calendar
Jonah's Day. Old style date: November 5.
On this day the memory of St. Jonah, Archbishop of Novgorod, Abbot of the Oten Hermitage is celebrated. Jonah was canonized as an all-Russian saint at the Macariev Council in 1549.
In Rus', on the day of Jonah, girls usually prayed to God about how to get married, to live happily and asked to send them good husbands. To get married faster, girls went out into the yard at dawn and scattered small coins and small things made with their own hands around their houses. They said that this would help them attract suitors.
By this day, we finished harvesting the radishes. This vegetable often appeared on the peasant table: radish was consumed either grated, in salads, or cut into thin slices. Radish was usually served with vegetable oil, salt, onion and kvass. A popular dish was sauerkraut with black radish.
Name day on this day
Gabriel, Galaktion, Gregory, Jonah, Pamphilus, Timothy, Tikhon.
Source: Calend.ru.
