Holidays
- Glass Industry Worker's Day
- Rocket Forces and Artillery Day
- International Men's Day
- Pavel Ledostav
- World Plumbers Day
- Women's Entrepreneurship Day
- Fresh Bread Smell Day
- Hand-forged blacksmith's day
- Teddy Bear Day in Russia
- splash day
- World Toilet Day
- Caffeinated Soda Day
- Wishing a Bad Day Day
- Equal Opportunity Day
- Camp Day
- Higher School Teacher's Day
Significant dates
1190 The Teutonic Order was founded.
1765 The first drama theater opened in Poland.
1819 The Prado Museum opened in Madrid.
1824 The largest flood in the history of St. Petersburg occurred.
1942 The beginning of the counteroffensive of Soviet troops near Stalingrad.
Persons
On November 19, 1711, Russian naturalist and founder of Moscow State University Mikhail Lomonosov was born.
On November 19, 1770, the Russian navigator, Admiral Ivan Krusenstern, was born.
The 20th President of the United States (from March 4 to September 19, 1881), James Abram Garfield, was born on November 19, 1831.
On November 19, 1875, the Soviet politician, “all-Union elder” Mikhail Kalinin was born.
On November 19, 1888, Cuban chess player, 3rd world champion, chess theorist Jose Capablanca was born.
On November 19, 1900, the Soviet military leader, Marshal of Aviation, twice Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Novikov was born.
On November 19, 1917, Indian politician and statesman Indira Gandhi was born.
On November 19, 1921, Soviet and Russian film screenwriter, playwright, and writer Emil Braginsky was born.
On November 19, 1922, the Soviet linguist who deciphered the Mayan writings, Yuri Knorozov, was born.
Folk calendar
Pavel Ledostav
On this day the memory of St. Paul the Confessor, who was a bishop in Asia Minor, is celebrated.
In Russia, Saint Paul began to be considered the protector of the sailors of the Russian Navy. The fact is that in 1797 the church named after him was consecrated, and it was there that they began to collect relics that related to the history of the navy.
Pavel was nicknamed the Iceman because it was believed that on his day the water in rivers and lakes was frozen. In this regard, the peasants began to prepare for ice fishing – they took out gear, inspected it, and repaired it if necessary. The ice on the rivers was used to judge the future harvest: “If the ice is in piles, then there will be piles of bread. If it is smooth, then the bread will be smooth.”
If snow fell on Paul, it foreshadowed a snowy winter. The windless weather indicated that we should expect early frosts.
Some predictions were made by observing animals. The owners noticed: if the horses have a good appetite on this day, then they will not get sick in winter; and if the cow gives a lot of milk, then the milk yield will be good at least until spring.
Name day on this day
Alexandra, Anatoly, Arseny, Varlaam, Vasily, Victor, Gabriel, German, Euphrosyne, Claudia, Konstantin, Luke, Matrona, Nikita, Nikolay, Nina, Pavel, Seraphim
Source: Calend.ru.
