Holidays on this day
- Maslenitsa day 3
- Battery Day
- Day of Internal Affairs Bodies in Transport in Russia
- Day of food and clothing service of the Russian Armed Forces
- Russian Transport Police Day
- Troyan Winter
- Day flounder stuffed with crabs
- Day of the liberation of Adygea from the Nazi invaders
- A holiday for all frivolous people
- The day when everything is clear without words
- Dumpling day
- Pluto Day
Significant events in history
1895 In Paris, the exhibition and sale of paintings (12+) by Paul Gauguin completely failed.
1911 For the first time, mail was delivered by plane.
1930 The planet Pluto is discovered.
1942 The French submarine Surcouf sank in the Caribbean Sea.
1960 The VIII Winter Olympic Games (6+) have opened in Squaw Valley (USA).
1960 Biathlon – biathlon competitions have been restored to the program of the Olympic Games.
Persons
On February 18, 1404, the Italian humanist, writer, and scientist Leon Battista Alberti was born.
On February 18, 1895, the Soviet military leader, Marshal of the Soviet Union Semyon Timoshenko was born.
On February 18, 1898, Italian designer and founder of the automobile company Enzo Ferrari was born.
On February 18, 1906, the Soviet military leader, Chief Marshal of the Armored Forces, Hero of the Soviet Union Amazasp Babajanyan was born.
On February 18, 1921, Soviet and Russian composer, People's Artist of Russia Oscar Feltsman was born.
Soviet and Russian singer, composer, guitarist Alexander Barykin was born on February 18, 1952.
Folk calendar
Agafya Korovnitsa, Hunger
The day got its name in honor of Saint Agathia, a Christian martyr who lived in the 3rd century. In Rus', the saint was revered as the patroness of livestock. To protect the cows from death, on this day the peasants cleaned the barn with old bast shoes soaked in tar. They said that cow death runs away from them without looking back. For the same purpose, they also performed other actions: for example, they hung pieces of bread on the cow’s horns or plowed the village with a plow into which the widow was harnessed (it was believed that evil spirits could not cross such a furrow).
It was not by chance that cow death was feared on this day. By Agafya's Day, in lean years, the hay usually ran out, and pestilence began to spread through the barns – Famine (hence the second name of this date). The cows that needed the most feed suffered from hunger first.
There are many sayings associated with this day – first of all, about cows: “Agafya the cowshed, take care of the cows”; “The cow is warm – milk is on the table”; “If you beat a cow, you don’t drink milk”; “Grandfather beat a bull, but ran out of milk”; “To love sour cream is to feed a cow.”
Agafia (Agathia) was also considered an intercessor against fire. On the day of her memory, bread was blessed and kept in the house as a reliable remedy for the “red rooster.” In the event of a fire, this bread had to be thrown either into the fire, or, conversely, into an open field, away from the hut. In addition, on Agafya it was customary to remember ancestors who had passed on to another world.
On Agafya's day we monitored the weather: if it was warm, then cold weather was not expected in the near future. At the same time, frost foreshadowed a friendly spring and a dry and hot summer.
Name day on this day
Alexandra, Anton, Vasilisa, Makar, Mikhail, Feodosius.
Source: Calend.ru.
