Holidays
- International Day of Rural Women
- Day of creation of the address and reference service of the Russian state
- International White Cane Day
- World Handwashing Day
- World Breast Cancer Day
- Day of Remembrance for Victims of Miscarriages and Infant Mortality
- Kupriyan and Ustinya
- Grumpy Day
- Mushroom Day
- Cream Cheese Day
- Improviser's Day
- Autumn leaf picking day
- Pheasant Roast Day
- Italian Chicken Day
- Chromosome Duplication Syndrome Day
Significant dates
1880 A celebration was held in Cologne to celebrate the completion of the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Mary.
1917 In France, Mata Hari was executed on charges of espionage.
1923 In the Weimar Republic, the “rent mark” was introduced into circulation.
1940 The premiere of Chaplin's film “The Great Dictator” (0+) took place in New York.
1967 The grand opening of the monument-ensemble “To the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad” took place on Mamayev Kurgan.
1990 USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
2000 The “Wall of Love” appeared in Montmartre in Paris.
Persons
On October 15, 1608, an Italian mathematician and physicist, a student of Galileo Evangelista Torricelli, was born.
On October 15, 1805, German artist Wilhelm von Kaulbach was born.
On October 15, 1809, the Russian poet Alexei Koltsov was born.
On October 15, 1814, the Russian poet, prose writer, playwright, artist, and officer Mikhail Lermontov was born.
On October 15, 1841, Russian entrepreneur and famous philanthropist Savva Mamontov was born.
On October 15, 1844, the German philosopher, representative of irrationalism Friedrich Nietzsche was born.
American actress Jane Darwell was born on October 15, 1879.
On October 15, 1897, Soviet writer and journalist Ilya Ilf was born.
Italian writer, representative of neorealism Italo Calvino was born on October 15, 1923.
French philosopher, cultural theorist and historian Michel Foucault was born on October 15, 1926.
On October 15, 1926, Soviet inventor and science fiction writer Genrikh Altshuller was born.
On October 15, 1930, futorologist and science fiction writer FM-2030 (F.M. Esfendiari) was born.
Folk calendar
Kupriyan and Ustinya
On this day, the memory of three martyrs who died for the faith at the beginning of the 4th century is celebrated: Cyprian, Justina and Theoctistus.
This date in Rus' was considered a day of cleansing from obsessions and deliverance from evil spirits. If you do not read the appropriate prayer, a person could be attacked by demons. Moreover, as a rule, men prayed to Kupriyan (Cyprian), and women – to Ustinya (Justina). As victims, demons most often chose drunkards, sinners, and foul-mouthed people – those who call upon devils in moments of anger or despair. They said that demons often appear to drunkards in their natural form, deprive them of sleep, cause an aversion to food and terrify them. This is what people used to explain the attacks of “delirium tremens”.
The girls on Kupriyan gathered for parties, but did not play or have fun. Instead, they did handicrafts and sang sad songs while they worked.
Name day on this day
Andrey, Anna, Boris, Vasily, Georgy, David, Ivan, Konstantin, Mikhail, Peter, Stepan, Fedor
Source: Calend.ru.
