The date 23 October has gone down in history for both landmark events and public holidays.
WHAT RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY FALLS ON THIS DAY
On 23 October, according to the New Church Calendar, Orthodox Christians commemorate Saint James the Apostle.
NAME DAYS: WHO CELEBRATES THEIR NAME DAY
On Friday, 23 October, those with the following names celebrate their name day: Yakov, Ignatius, Maxim, Nikolai, Alexander, Vladimir and Euphrosyne. Don’t forget to wish those celebrating a happy name day!
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS AND EVENTS
- Advertising Professionals’ Day
- Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) Awareness Day
- Kabuki Syndrome Awareness Day
- International Snow Leopard Day
- 787 – The Second Council of Nicaea of the Christian Church established the rules for the veneration of icons.
- 1086 – Muslim forces defeated the Christians at Sagrajas in Spain.
- 1864 – By imperial decree, the Azov Cossack Army was disbanded.
- 1917 – Pavlo Skoropadskyi was elected Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks.
- 1946 – The first session of the UN General Assembly began.
- 1956 – An anti-Soviet uprising began in the Hungarian capital, Budapest: a demonstration of 200,000 people in solidarity with the rebelling workers of the Polish People’s Republic, which marched from the monument to the Polish commander Bem to the Petőfi monument, was fired upon by the pro-Soviet security services. Following this, a nationwide anti-Soviet uprising began in the Hungarian People’s Republic.
- 1990 – The Supreme Council of the Ukrainian SSR, as a result of the revolution on the brink, voted to dismiss Prime Minister Masol.
- 1994 – The State Duma of the Russian Federation passed a law halting the division of the Black Sea Fleet between Russia and Ukraine.
- 2001 – Apple unveiled the first iPod.
23 October – Advertising Professionals’ Day / Photo: Magnific
WHO WAS BORN ON 23 OCTOBER
- 1543 – Juan de Cueva, Spanish poet and playwright.
- 1698 – Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect, one of the founders and greatest masters of 18th-century French Classicism.
- 1769 – James Ward (artist), English painter and engraver.
- 1805 – Adalbert Stifter, Austrian writer, poet, artist and teacher.
- 1817 – Pierre Larousse, French philologist, writer, educator, linguist, lexicographer and publisher; he began publishing a 17-volume comprehensive universal dictionary of the 19th century.
- 1844 – Wilhelm Leibl, German realist painter.
- 1868 – Frederick Lanchester, an English polymath and engineer, who made significant contributions to automotive engineering and aerodynamics.
- 1886 – Khariton Slavorosov, Ukrainian aeronautical engineer and sportsman. One of the first aviators of the Russian Empire. A victim of Stalin’s terror.
- 1898 – Moïse Gaisinsky, a French chemist of Ukrainian-Jewish origin, one of the founders of radiation chemistry. He studied at Kharkiv University.
- 1905 – Felix Bloch, Swiss-American physicist.
- 1905 – Yan Jia-gan, a Chinese politician who headed the government of the Republic of China.
- 1920 – Gianni Rodari, an Italian writer.
- 1927 – Leszek Kolakowski, Polish philosopher.
- 1928 – Artur Voitetsky, Ukrainian film director.
- 1936 – Lyudmila Ivanovna Nuikina – Soviet undercover agent.
- 1940 – Pelé (Edson Arantes do Nascimento), Brazilian footballer, three-time World Cup winner (1958, 1962, 1970), and Brazil’s Minister for Youth and Sport.
- 1954 – Ang Lee, Taiwanese film director and producer.
- 1959
- Sam Raimi, American actor.
- ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, American musician, satirist, parodist, actor and television producer.
- 1978 – Yana Dementieva, Ukrainian rower and Olympic champion.
- 1986 – Emilia Clarke, British theatre, film and television actress.
- 1989 – Andriy Yarmolenko, Ukrainian footballer.
- 1992 – Álvaro Morata, Spanish footballer.
23 October: Khariton Slavorosov, a Ukrainian aeronautical engineer and sportsman, was born. One of the first aviators of the Russian Empire. A victim of Stalin’s terror / Photo: Wikipedia
FOLK OBSERVATIONS AND TRADITIONS
- An easterly or northerly wind heralds a cold snap.
- If the willow has turned completely yellow, an early winter is on the way.
- If snow has fallen and does not melt, winter will be mild.
- If hail has started, expect early frosts.
