International Day of Credit Unions, World Day of Iodine Deficiency – what other significant dates and important events in the history of Ukraine and the world are celebrated on October 21.
October 21: what a holiday today / Photo: Unsplash
What is the national and Orthodox holiday for Ukrainians on October 21, 2021? Who is celebrating their name days? In addition, we talk about international, national and state holidays, important events that have happened in history, as well as about the main signs of this day.
What a holiday today, October 21
- International Credit Union Day
– the professional holiday of all workers of consumer cooperatives, which is annually celebrated on the third Thursday of October. - World Iodine Deficiency Day
– carried out with the aim of informing people about the importance of this element in the body, as well as the prevention and treatment of its deficiency. - Day of the Battle of Trafalgar in Great Britain (Trafalgar Day)
– celebrated in honor of the victory in 1805 of the Royal Navy over the combined fleets of France and Spain in the largest naval battle of the 19th century. - Apple Day in England
Is a popular holiday that has been held since 1990 at the initiative of the Common Ground charity organization and is dedicated to orchards, in particular – apples as a symbol of the diversity and wealth of nature.
Birthday people October 21
Angel Day is celebrated today by: Vasily, Victor, Vladimir, Dmitry, Elizabeth, Ivan, Maria, Nadezhda, Nikolai, Pavel, Pakhom, Pelageya, Peter, Seraphim, Taisiya, Tatiana, Trifon.
What a church holiday today
On October 21, the Orthodox Church honors the memory of the Monk Pelagia, the Monk Taisia, Saint Pelagia, the virgin.
Folk holiday
On October 21, the people revered Tryphon and Pelageya. The approach of winter became more and more tangible every day, and therefore people were in a hurry to prepare, patch up and repair warm winter clothes, fur coats, sheepskin coats, shoes, or buy new clothes. And also they were engaged in harvesting and pickles for the winter. On this day, in no case was it possible to cut trees and break branches
Signs for October 21:
- it gets colder and colder from Tryphon and Pelagia;
- Tryphon mends a fur coat, and Pelageya sews mittens;
- if there are still mushrooms in the forest, then winter will not be soon;
- the sun in a foggy circle – to clear weather.
Interesting and important events in Ukraine and the world on October 21
- 1596 – the Brest Union was concluded, according to which the bishops of the Orthodox Church in the territory of the Commonwealth recognized the power of the pope over themselves.
- 1665 – Hetman Ivan Bryukhovetsky signed the Moscow Articles, which regulated the relationship of the Left Bank Hetmanate with the Moscow kingdom.
- 1858 – Cancan performed in Paris for the first time.
- 1897 – the Black Sea shipbuilding plant began to work in Nikolaev.
- 1947 – Operation “West” began – the forced mass deportation of the inhabitants of Western Ukraine deep into the territory of the USSR.
Who was born on October 21
- 1833 – Alfred Nobel, Swedish scientist, inventor of dynamite, founder of the Nobel Prize.
- 1896 – Evgeny Schwartz, Soviet novelist, playwright, poet, screenwriter.
- 1956 – Carrie Fisher, American actress, screenwriter, novelist.
- 1980 – Kim Kardashian, American fashion model, actress.
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