Holidays
- Hilarion's day
- Housewife and Housewife Day
- Secret Keeping Day
- Sandwich Day
- World Cosplay Day
- Festival of worship
Significant dates
1763 Chief architect Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli has retired.
1912 A Russian-Mongolian agreement recognizing the autonomy of Outer Mongolia was signed.
1914 Bra birthday.
1957 The USSR launched the Sputnik-2 spacecraft with the dog Laika on board.
1958 A complex of UNESCO buildings has been opened in Paris.
Persons
On November 3, 1500, the Italian jeweler and sculptor Benvenuto Cellini was born.
On November 3, 1887, the Soviet poet, translator, writer, and editor Samuil Marshak was born.
On November 3, 1894, the Soviet painter, graphic artist, set designer, and applied art artist Varvara Stepanova was born.
On November 3, 1895, Russian Soviet poet and translator Eduard Bagritsky was born.
On November 3, 1928, Japanese animator, creator of the new “big eyes” style in manga and anime, Tezuka Osamu, was born.
On November 3, 1949, Soviet and Russian singer, songwriter, composer, People's Artist of Russia Alexander Gradsky was born.
Folk calendar
Hilarion's Day
On this day, the memory of two saints with the same names is celebrated – Hilarion the Great, who lived in the 3rd-4th centuries in Palestine, and Hilarion of Pskovezersk, who lived in the 15th century in Rus', not far from Lake Peipus.
In Rus' they noticed that from Hilarion's day powder begins to sweep away. Although the nights were already frosty and snowy, during the day the sun still warmed the ground, and it was quite dirty. On this occasion people said: “The first powder is not the way.”
Hilarion was told: if the snow falls on the damp ground and does not melt, it means that snowdrops will bloom early in the spring. If snow falls on frozen soil, you can expect a good grain harvest next year.
Name day on this day
Aza, Alexander, Alexey, Anatoly, Arkady, Vasily, Vladimir, Denis, Dmitry, Zakhar, Ivan, Hilarion, Konstantin, Marfa, Nikolay, Pavel, Pelageya, Sergey, Fedor, Julian, Yakov.
Source: Calend.ru.
