What a day today is in Ukraine and the world

October 21 -

International

Day of the Nacho

.

This holiday is especially loved by residents of the USA and Mexico.

Nachos are Mexican chips made from a corn tortilla.

Various additives are added inside: chilies, olives, cheese, black beans.

The history of the holiday is connected with Ignacio Anaya, who in 1943 worked at the Old Victory Club (Piedras Negras).

At that time, the club was located near a military base.

In the evening, military wives went to the city to buy food.

But the shops were closed.

Ignacio suggested that they take corn chips, make a melted cheese appetizer with them and serve them with dinner.

That's how a new dish was born.

October 21 is also

National Virtual Desktop Cleaning Day

.

The most popular holiday in Canada.

It was started by the Museum of Personal Computers in Brentford (Ontario).

The main purpose of the holiday is to keep the PC and laptop clean so that they work smoothly.

And October 21 is

World Iodine Deficiency Day

.

The body of a healthy person should contain 25-35 mg of iodine.

When iodine is not enough, the thyroid gland begins to produce little of the necessary hormones.

This condition is called iodine deficiency or hypothyroidism.

October 21 -

World Champagne Day

.

Champagne arose accidentally in one of the cold regions of France.

Due to a change in the weather, the wine fermentation process was interrupted.

And when the temperature rose, fermentation resumed.

However, this time it was not possible to stop him.

And so the drink with bubbles was born.

October 21

is also Babbling Day

.

The holiday is celebrated in most of the countries of Europe and America.

It is dedicated to those people who constantly talk like small children.

The history of the holiday is unknown, but there is an opinion that it was founded by one of these people.

What a church holiday today, October 21

October 21 - the day of memory of Saint Taisia ​​/ Photo: pixabay.com

October 21 in the church calendar is

the day of memory of Saint Taisia

.

She was born at the end of the III century in Egypt.

Her mother was a woman of easy behavior, and therefore from a young age Taisia ​​also became a harlot.

Somehow stories about Taisia ​​reached the elder Panuphrius the Great.

He dressed in secular clothes and went to visit the woman to guide her to the path of truth.

He told her that God always sees all her sins.

Taisia ​​fell into deep despair and immediately decided to become righteous.

Name day: how to name a child born on October 21

What are today's birthdays:

Viktor, Vasyl, Dmytro, Volodymyr, Ivan, Pavlo, Mykola, Petro, Tatyana, Elizaveta, Maria, Pelageya, Nadiya.

Charoite

is the talisman of a person born on October 21

.

The mineral is pale lilac or deep purple in color.

Charoite is often used in jewelry, but it has not gained worldwide popularity.

It has long been believed that charoite can calm the nerves.

Born on this day:

  • 1672 — hetman of Ukraine in exile in 1710-1742 Pylyp Orlyk;

  • 1938 — Ukrainian-American composer, conductor, musician Virko Baley;

  • 1967 — Ukrainian journalist, interviewer, TV presenter, blogger, politician Dmytro Gordon;

  • 1975 - Ukrainian hockey player Andriy Sryubko.

What can not be done on this day

  • Do not gossip or tell other people's secrets.

  • Girls are not allowed to go into the forest alone, because they can be harmed by evil forces.

  • Do not plant or transplant plants.

Folk signs and traditions for October 21

Among our ancestors there were many interesting signs to this day: 

  • looked at what day it was today: fog in the morning, the weather will be dry and clear;

  • clouds float low - to severe frosts;

  • not all the leaves have fallen from the birch tree - you can wait for snow late;

  • there are many stars at night - the weather will be warm and dry.

October 21 was popularly called Tryphon and Pelagia.

Our ancestors started preparing for winter.

Women went to the bazaar and bought a fur coat.

And they also started to prepare pickles for the winter.

Weather for today, October 21

Today, October 21, the weather is gloomy in Kyiv, without precipitation.

It is cloudy with clearings in Lviv, no precipitation is expected.

It is gloomy in Kharkiv, light rain is possible at night, but then the whole day without precipitation.

It is cloudy in Odessa, without precipitation.

The air temperature in Kyiv is +10 during the day and +2 at night.

In Lviv, +12 during the day and -1 at night.

In Kharkiv +10 during the day and +5 at night.

In Odesa, +12 during the day and +6 at night.

Commemorative dates of October 21

Calendar of important events in Ukraine and the world for October 21:

  • 1056 - Deacon Grigory brings out the first letter - this manuscript is called "Ostromyrov Evangeliye";

  • 1520 - Fernand Magellan discovers and passes the strait between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, which was later named after him;

  • 1596 — the Union of Brest is concluded, according to which the bishops of the Orthodox Church in the territories of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth recognize the authority of the Pope over them;

  • 1665 — Ukrainian Cossacks led by Hetman I. Bryukhovetsky sign the Moscow Articles;

  • 1805 - Trafalgar battle, in which the British fleet under the command of Admiral Nelson defeats the Franco-Spanish fleet;

  • 1879 - American inventor Thomas Edison tests his first incandescent lamp with a carbon filament;

  • 1897 — the Black Sea Shipbuilding Plant starts working in Mykolaiv;

  • 1921 — Vasyl (Lypkivskyi) was ordained as a metropolitan of the UAPC;

  • 1933 - Mykola Lemyk, on the orders of the OUN, carries out an assassination attempt in the Soviet consulate in Lviv as a sign of protest against the Holodomor - kills the head of the consulate's office, Chekist O. Mailov;

  • 1944 - the crew of the Cuban ship "Rubicon" mysteriously disappears in the "Bermuda Triangle";

  • 1950 - the Geneva Conventions on the Protection of War Victims enter into force;

  • 1966 - the Aberfan disaster occurs in Wales;

  • 1991 — the world's first hot air balloon flight over Everest was made;

  • 1993 — at the All-Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, Volodymyr Romanyuk is elected Patriarch of Kyiv and All Russia-Ukraine;

  • 1995 — The Local Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate elects Metropolitan Philaret (Denysenko) of Kyiv as the Patriarch of Kyiv and All Russia-Ukraine.