Holidays on this day
- International Bartender's Day
- Cell Phone Quit Day
- Celebration of Thoughts
- Frozen Yogurt Day
- Day of steps and stairs
- Chopsticks Day
- Give Children a Smile Day
- Red Wear Day
Significant events in history
1626 Louis XIII signed an edict banning duels in France.
1886 The element germanium was discovered.
1900 For the first time in the world, a radio signal about a distress at sea was transmitted.
1927 A concert of 10-year-old brilliant violinist Yehudi Menuhin took place in Paris.
1936 The IV Winter Olympic Games (6+) have opened in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany).
1936 Slalom and giant slalom are alpine skiing competitions included in the program of the Olympic Games.
1968 The X Winter Olympic Games opened in Grenoble (France).
2004 A record was set in aerial acrobatics – 357 parachutists formed a formation.
Persons
On February 6, 1800, French artist, watercolorist and lithographer Achille Deveria was born.
On February 6, 1861, Russian chemist, one of the founders of organic catalysis and petrochemistry, Nikolai Zelinsky was born.
On February 6, 1894, Georgian and Soviet director, actor, screenwriter, teacher, People's Artist of the USSR Mikhail Chiaureli was born.
On February 6, 1898, Soviet theater and film actress, teacher, People's Artist of the USSR Alla Tarasova was born.
On February 6, 1923, Soviet military leader, Air Marshal, Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Efimov was born.
Folk calendar
Aksinya day, Ksenia – half-winter.
On this day they commemorated Xenia of Milas, a Christian saint who lived in the 5th century, revered by the Orthodox Church in the ranks of the venerables.
As the old people noted, in the northern provinces Aksinya’s day was the middle of winter, hence the nickname of the saint. Also, by this time exactly half of the bread supply should have been eaten. People said: “Half-winter in half, but it doesn’t divide the winter evenly – it’s harder for the peasant by spring.”
There were “economic” signs for this day: people carefully studied the prices of bread. If grain becomes cheaper on the market, it means there will be a good harvest. They also said that if the price for half-bread (another name for the day) is low, then it will not rise to new bread.
There were other methods of fortune telling. In the northern regions, the loaf was weighed in the evening and the next morning. If the weight of bread decreases overnight, then its price will decrease – and vice versa. In the south they did things a little differently: they also left rye bread overnight and looked at it in the morning. If there seems to be more grain than there was, a good harvest was expected in the summer.
Aksinya's day was also called the spring indicator. It was believed that the weather of this day corresponded to the weather of the entire spring.
Name day on this day
Gerasim, Denis, Ivan, Ksenia, Nikolai, Pavel, Timofey.
Source: Calend.ru.
