The date 25 September has gone down in history for both landmark events and public holidays.
WHAT RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY IS CELEBRATED ON THIS DAY?
On 25 September, according to the New Church Calendar, Orthodox Christians commemorate Saint Euphrosyne.
NAME DAYS: WHO IS CELEBRATING THEIR NAME DAY?
On Friday, 25 September, those with the following names celebrate their name day: German, Evgeny, Maxim, Nikolay, Alexander, Ostap, Pavel, Roman, Sergey and Euphrosyne. Don’t forget to congratulate those celebrating their name day!
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS AND EVENTS
- World Pharmacists’ Day
- World Lung Day
- 256 – Marcus Claudius Tacitus became Roman emperor by decision of the Senate.
- 1066 – The Battle of Stamford Bridge.
- 1396 – Ottoman forces led by Bayezid I routed the army of the Crusaders under King Sigismund of Hungary at Nicopolis.
- 1493 – Christopher Columbus set sail for the Americas for the second time.
- 1555 – Protestantism was granted official religious status under the terms of the Peace of Augsburg.
- 1789 – General José de Ribas captured the Ottoman fortress of Haji-Bey (later Odessa).
- 1789 – The United States Congress ratified the 10 amendments to the Constitution, which went down in history as the Bill of Rights.
- 1914 – The Legion of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen led by Semenyuk saw its first battle near Sianik.
- 1932 – Spanish Catalonia was granted autonomy, with the right to have its own flag, official language and parliament.
- 1943 – The Dnieper airborne operation began, which ended in defeat.
- 1960 – The USA launched its first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise (CVN-65).
- 1989 – The Supreme Council of Lithuania declared the republic’s annexation by the USSR in 1940 to be illegal.
- 1992 – The Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, linking the Black Sea and the North Sea, was opened.
- 2020 – A plane crash involving an AN-26Sh aircraft near Chuguev, in which 26 people were killed
25 September – World Pharmacists’ Day / Photo: Seniv Petro
WHO WAS BORN ON 25 SEPTEMBER
- 1358 – Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, 3rd shogun of the Muromachi shogunate.
- 1559 – Francesco Borromini, Baroque architect, engineer and master draughtsman.
- 1644 – Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer who was the first to measure the speed of light.
- 1765 – Michał Kleofas Oginski, Polish composer and statesman
- 1683 – Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer and eminent music theorist.
- 1866 – Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist and Nobel Prize laureate.
- 1881 – Lu Xun, Chinese writer and founder of modern Chinese literature.
- 1897 – William Faulkner, American writer and Nobel Prize laureate.
- 1898 – Robert Brackman, an American artist and educator of Ukrainian origin.
- 1920 – Sergei Bondarchuk, Soviet film director and actor of Ukrainian origin
- 1932 – Anatoliy Solovyanenko, Ukrainian opera singer.
- 1951 – Lyudmila Yefimenko, Ukrainian film actress and film director.
- 1954 – Juan de la Cruz Ramos Cano, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1955 – Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, West German footballer
- 1960 – Igor Belanov, Ukrainian Soviet footballer
- 1964 – Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Spanish writer
- 1969 – Catherine Zeta-Jones, British actress
- 1972 – Sergei Mizin, Ukrainian footballer and manager
- 1975 – Daniela Ceccarelli, Italian skier
- 1984 – Anna Zadorozhnyuk, Ukrainian figure skater
- 1984 – Tetyana Kozlova, Ukrainian volleyball player
- 1984 – Zach Woods, American actor and comedian
- 1989 – Jordan Gavaris, Canadian actor.
- 1992 – Rosalia, Spanish singer.
- 1992 – Yulia Slobodian, Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast
- 1993 – Maksym Shemberov, Ukrainian swimmer
25 September: Lyudmyla Yefimenko, Ukrainian film actress and film director, was born / Still from the film
FOLK OBSERVATIONS AND TRADITIONS
- Good weather – it will last for another 3 weeks;
- If the wind blows from the south, it will be a warm winter;
- As the day goes, so goes April.
A field of sunflowers / Photo: wirestock
WHAT NOT TO DO
- Don’t give in to laziness and spend the day doing nothing.
- It is not advisable to take on new tasks or important undertakings.
- You should avoid swearing, arguments and foul language.