Holidays on this day
- International Dessert Day
- World Hijab Day
- Enthronement Day of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus'
- Elevator Day (Elevator Worker Day)
- Rising day
- Looking Behind Day
- Robinson Crusoe Day
- Baked Alaska Pie Day
- Freedom Day
Significant events in history
1671 Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich married Natalya Naryshkina.
1865 Lincoln signed a resolution to amend the US Constitution to abolish slavery.
1929 The world premiere of the first film musical, “Broadway Melody” (12+), took place.
1958 The United States became the second country after the USSR to independently launch an artificial Earth satellite.
1973 For the first time in its history, the London Stock Exchange allowed female brokers to trade.
2003 The crew of the American space shuttle Columbia died.
Persons
On February 1, 1857, Russian psychiatrist, academician, founder of reflexology and pathopsychology Vladimir Bekhterev was born.
On February 1, 1884, Soviet writer and publicist Yevgeny Zamyatin was born.
American actor and film star of the 1930s-1940s Clark Gable was born on February 1, 1901.
On February 1, 1931, Soviet and Russian statesman, politician, 1st President of the Russian Federation (1991-1999) Boris Yeltsin was born.
On February 1, 1939, Russian ballerina, choreographer, teacher, People's Artist of the USSR Ekaterina Maksimova was born.
On February 1, 1941, Soviet hockey player and Olympic champion Anatoly Firsov was born.
Folk calendar
Macarius day, Makar is the spring pointer.
On this day the memory of Macarius the Great is celebrated – a Christian saint, hermit, revered as a saint.
Makar's nickname – spring pointer – speaks volumes about its origin. Spring was judged on this day in Rus'. Clear weather foreshadowed that warmth would come soon: “There are drops on Makar – believe in early spring.” But if there was a snowstorm on that day, it should have been expected on Maslenitsa. In addition, the weather on Makara predicted the weather for the entire month of February. But the cold on this day – and therefore throughout the entire month – indicated that the summer would be favorable.
The name Makara is associated with many sayings on various topics. For example: “Valenkom Makar inflates the samovar”; “Yesterday Makar was digging ridges, and now Makar has become a governor”; “Poor Makar was beset by misfortune everywhere.”
Name day on this day
Anton, Arseny, Efim, Makar, Mark, Nikolai, Peter, Fedor.
Source: Calend.ru.
