Holidays on this day
- Day of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
- Gift Wrapping Day
- A celebration of extraordinary last-minute changes
- Bacon Day
- Baking Soda Day
Significant events in history
1916 Grigory Rasputin was killed in St. Petersburg.
1922 The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formed.
1927 Russian chemist Sergei Lebedev was the first in the world to develop a method for producing synthetic rubber.
1927 A subway line opened in Tokyo – the first outside Europe and America.
Persons
On December 30, 1371, the Grand Duke of Moscow (1389-1425) Vasily I was born.
On December 30, 1673, the 23rd Ottoman Sultan (1703-1730) Ahmed III was born.
On December 30, 1865, English writer, poet and short story writer, Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling was born.
On December 30, 1904, the Soviet composer, People's Artist of the USSR Dmitry Kabalevsky was born.
On December 30, 1905, the Soviet writer, poet, and prose writer Daniil Kharms was born.
Folk calendar
Danilov day
On this day the memory of saints Daniel, Ananias, Azarias and Misail is celebrated.
In Rus' on this day, girls tried to get from Saint Daniel at least a drop of his insight. To do this, the names of his three friends – Ananias, Azariah and Misail – were written on three laurel leaves and placed under the pillow. At night, the betrothed was sure to appear.
People said that “Danila is rushing December,” bringing Christmas and New Year closer. “On Danilov’s day there was a smell of the holy spirit and incense,” imagined the most impatient.
On this day, special attention was paid to fire. “The housewife lit the stove so that there would be enough heat for two days,” people remarked. At night, huge fires were lit, saying: “Disperse the fire, the darkness, reduce the cold.”
Pay attention to weather signs. It was believed that if frost appeared on the trees on Danil, then Christmastide would be warm. If a snowstorm began, this meant that bees would swarm well in the summer.
Name day on this day
Alexander, Daniil, Denis, Ivan, Nikita, Nikolay, Peter, Sergey.
Source: Calend.ru.
