Holidays on this day
- Epiphany Christmas Eve
- Christmastide 13th day
- Day of the Russian Air Force High Command
- Holiday waiting day
- Coffee Gourmet Day
- Beacon Lighting Day
- Dictionary Day
- Peking Duck Day
- Winnie the Pooh Day
- Snowman Day
- Birthday of children's television in Russia
Significant events in history
1535 The city of Lima, the future capital of Peru, was founded.
1825 The Bolshoi Theater opened in Moscow.
1901 The first cabaret opened in Berlin.
1926 The premiere of the film “Battleship Potemkin” (6+) took place.
1943 The day of breaking the siege of Leningrad during the Great Patriotic War.
1964 American doctors have called on Congress to require cigarette companies to write health warnings on packages.
2018 A panorama was opened at the exhibition of the museum-reserve “Breakthrough the Siege of Leningrad”.
Persons
On January 18, 1689, the French educator, jurist and philosopher Charles Montesquieu was born.
On January 18, 1882, English writer, storyteller, and poet Alan Milne was born.
On January 18, 1901, Soviet mathematician and academician Ivan Petrovsky was born.
On January 18, 1904, Soviet actor and director, teacher, People's Artist of the USSR Boris Babochkin was born.
On January 18, 1943, Soviet football player and Russian football coach Vladimir Fedotov was born.
Folk calendar
Epiphany Christmas Eve, Hungry Evening
Epiphany Eve is the day before Epiphany (Epiphany), on which people prepared themselves for the holiday by fasting. That’s why the evening was called hungry: it was customary to eat only juices – a special dish made from grains, as well as lean porridge, vegetable pancakes and honey pancakes.
It was believed that during Epiphany snow acquired special properties, so people tried to collect it and use it for various purposes. The women knew that only Epiphany snow could whiten any canvas. They also believed that snow collected on Epiphany Eve could heal ailments, and if you wash yourself in a bathhouse with water heated from such snow, you can preserve your beauty for a long time.
In ancient times, a custom arose that has survived to this day – going to the river at midnight on Epiphany to fetch water. Having brought the water home, they preserved it: they said that it could stand in a closed vessel without spoiling, and had the same wonderful properties as Epiphany snow.
For this evening there were many signs about the weather and the future harvest. The starry sky foreshadowed that bread would be harvested, snowfall – that buckwheat would ripen, and a blizzard – that bees would swarm well. In addition, strong winds from the south foreshadowed a stormy summer. They also said: “The bright stars will give birth to the bright white stars,” which meant that the sheep would bear a large offspring.
Name day on this day
Apollinaria, Gregory, Evgenia, Joseph, Lukyan, Matvey, Polina, Roman, Semyon, Sergei, Tatyana.
Source: Calend.ru.
