Holidays
- National Blood Donor Day in Russia
- Chinese Language Day
- Day of searching for the meaning of life
- Day of mobilization units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation
- Free Hardware Day
- Lima Bean Respect Day
- Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day
- Royal krakosabler hunting day
- Day of the Forklift and Spoonbearer
- Twins Day
Significant dates
1656 In Russia, copper money appears instead of silver coins.
1841 The first detective story in the history of literature has been published – “Murder in the Rue Morgue” (12+) by Edgar Allan Poe.
1843 A decree was issued on organizing the resettlement of peasants in connection with the development of Siberia.
1901 The Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory was inaugurated.
1920 The VII Summer Olympic Games (6+) have opened in Antwerp (Belgium).
1920 Ice hockey – men's ice hockey is included in the program of the Olympic Games (6+).
1922 The South Ossetian Autonomous Region was formed as part of Georgia.
Persons of the day
On April 20, 1808, the president and last emperor of France (1852-1870), Napoleon III, was born.
On April 20, 1850, French painter, engraver, and illustrator Jean-François Raffaelli was born.
On April 20, 1889, the German political and military leader, Fuhrer of Germany (1934-1945) Adolf Hitler was born.
On April 20, 1927, Soviet theater and film actor, Honored Artist of the RSFSR Pavel Luspekayev was born.
On April 20, 1950, Russian political and military leader Alexander Lebed was born.
Folk calendar
Akulina day
On this day, Orthodox Christians honor the memory of the martyrs Rufinus and Aquilina, who converted 200 Roman soldiers to Christianity.
We noticed the weather on Akulina. If it was rainy, it foreshadowed a bad spring harvest. At the same time, “rain on Akulina is a good viburnum.” We looked at the sky in the evening (although this had to be done through the window): if there were a lot of stars, then there would also be a lot of mushrooms and berries in the forest. Strong frost and sunshine foreshadowed the harvest of bread and buckwheat.
In addition, it was believed that whatever the weather was like on Akulina, it would be like that on September 20th.
Name day on this day
Akulina, Arkady, Georgy, Daniil, Evdokia, Peter.
Source: Calend.ru
