Holidays on this day
- World Meteorology Day
- Day of workers of the hydrometeorological service of Russia
- Celebration of male solidarity
- Legal Knowledge Day
- Chip Dipping Day
- Matching Socks Day
- Beautiful Look Day
- OK Day
- Puppy Day
Significant events in history
1839 Birthday of the expression “OK” (nowadays the popular “okay”).
1876 Pavel Yablochkov received a patent for the “electric candle” he invented.
1891 For the first time, a net was used on a football goal.
1900 Archaeologists have discovered in Crete the remains of the legendary Labyrinth – the palace of the Minotaur.
2001 The Mir orbital station was sunk in the Pacific Ocean.
Persons
On March 23, 1835, Russian painter and academician Alexei Korzukhin was born.
On March 23, 1908, Soviet pilot, Major General of Aviation, first Hero of the Soviet Union Anatoly Lyapidevsky was born.
Japanese film director, screenwriter, and producer Akira Kurosawa was born on March 23, 1910.
On March 23, 1926, Soviet and Georgian actor, entrepreneur, People's Artist of Georgia Archil Gomiashvili was born.
On March 23, 1931, Soviet and Swiss chess player and international grandmaster Viktor Korchnoi was born.
On March 23, 1934, the Soviet bard, singer-songwriter Evgeny Klyachkin was born.
Folk calendar
Vasilisa – spring water pointer
On this day, several saints are honored at once – the memory of the Corinthian martyrs and martyrs is celebrated. Among all, the Russian people chose the martyr Vasilisa and dedicated the date to her.
On this day, the owners were busy with spring chores: it was necessary to divert water from the house so that it would not go underground. To do this, they went out into the yard and dug canals. People often went fishing on Vasilisa (Vasilissa): it was believed that if spring streams flow into the hole on the river, then roach is caught well.
There were also signs for the weather. Blue clouds running across the sky predicted warmth and rain. It was believed that the first thunderstorms might occur on this day.
We also saw: “The day is foggy and hazy – there will be fibrous flax.” And some phenomena on this day did not bode well: “Cold and wind at your back – you won’t survive the winter” (that is, the year will be hungry). Be that as it may, spring was already coming inevitably, and the people said: “Vasilisa’s fog eats up the snow.”
Name day on this day
Anastasia, Vasilisa, Victor, Galina, Georgy, Denis, Dmitry, Ivan, Leonid, Mark, Mikhail, Nika, Pavel, Fedor.
Source: Calend.ru.
