Holidays on this day
- International Day of Women and Girls in Science
- World Sick Day
- Ship's birthday
- Bedtime Fairy Tales Day
- Peppermint Day
- Inventors Day
- Seeing cash
- White Shirt Day
- Guitar Day
Significant events in history
1697 Peter I authorized the sale of tobacco by personal decree.
1809 The first steamboat was patented.
1829 In Tehran, Alexander Griboyedov was killed by a crowd of fanatics.
1928 The II Winter Olympic Games (6+) opened in St. Moritz (Switzerland).
1928 Skeleton – competitions for skeleton athletes are included in the program of the Olympic Games.
1929 The Vatican became a sovereign state.
Persons
On February 11, 1832, Russian historian and publicist Dmitry Ilovaisky was born.
American inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Edison was born on February 11, 1847.
On February 11, 1894, the Soviet writer, author of many works for children, Vitaly Bianchi, was born.
On February 11, 1902, Soviet theater and film actress, singer, People's Artist of the USSR Lyubov Orlova was born.
Folk calendar
Laurentian day
On this day the memory of St. Lawrence, the recluse of Pechersk, Bishop of Turov is celebrated.
In Rus' they said about this date: “The Laurentian day will either be January or March”; “And he will caress you with warmth, and he will beat you with frost.” This clearly characterized the weather of changeable February.
On Laurentius they watched the moon: if it grew, the weather of that day would last the entire first half of the next month; if the date fell on a new moon, this would be the weather for the second half of the month. They predicted the weather by the smoke from the stove (if it flows like a rocker, it will soon be warm), and by the forest (if the trees are noisy, there will be a strong wind), and by the wood in the stove (if it does not burn well, there will be a thaw).
It was believed that on this day witches make creases in dry grass covered with snow. People believed that such creases were akin to damage – they were made to cause harm to the owner. To scare away the witches, it was necessary to stick thistles in the corners of the field – evil spirits are afraid of this plant and will never touch it.
In addition, people who had problems with their eyes prayed to Lawrence. It was believed that this saint could improve vision and cure blindness.
Name day on this day
Gerasim, Dmitry, Ivan, Ignatius, Konstantin, Lavrentiy, Leonty, Luke, Roman, Julian, Yakov.
Source: Calend.ru.
