March 11 is the day on which ...

What a day, a holiday. Find historical events, folk beliefs or just some funny traditions can be practically on any date, and March 11 is no exception. On this day, according to literary critics, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet were engaged, the first Russian-language book was printed and the first newspaper of Tajikistan was published - there are many incidents, and they can not be forgotten.

This day in history

It is difficult to talk about the role of 11 March in history: the date is so contradictory that it is not necessary to talk about exceptionally positive or negative events on this day.

In the far 106, Chinese artisans first received paper, far from modern, of course, but still. The basis of it was recycled bamboo.

On the same day, in 1702, the first daily newspaper was published in English, and after a hundred-odd years (in 1835) Canadians printed the first banknotes.

The 20th century was no less rich in various events. March 11 in the USSR banned the Bible and established diplomatic relations with Kuwait. On the same day in 1967, music critics said that the famous song Yesterday The Beatles created almost five hundred cover versions, and in 1970 Pablo Picasso gave a large number of his works to the museum in Barcelona. The century has come to an end with the proclamation of the sovereign Republic of Lithuania, where now on March 11 is the Independence Day.

But in the 21st century everything went not so smoothly: on this day, in 2011, there was a famous earthquake in Japan, which triggered an accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, which became the biggest man-made disaster since Chernobyl.

Famous Holidays

Workers of drug control in Russia celebrate their professional holiday on March 11. True, some solemn events outside the walls of law enforcement agencies are very rare: few people in general are aware of this date. We can not forget about another holiday - the Day of the private security guard and detective. By the way, this is a relatively young date, because the bodyguard was recognized as an official profession only in the early 90s of the last century.

Far Zambia celebrates the Day of Youth, and Tuvalu - Commonwealth Day. The latter is always accompanied by festivals and parades, as March 11 is a holiday not only for the small overseas state, but for all countries of the Commonwealth of Nations, of which there are at least two dozen.

In the people and religion

The Orthodox calendar does not lag behind. In it, March 11 is the day of the memory of Saint Porphyry. People said that if birds had already returned from wintering on that day, a good harvest should be expected. It was believed that if the birds begin to nest on the solar side of the houses, then the summer will be very cold, and if you choose the northern side, you should wait for warm and hot days.

Continuing the theme of religion, it is necessary to mention name-days. Additional holiday dates (March 11) in their personal calendar can make Anna, Ivana, Nikolay, Petra, Porfiry, Sevastyan and Sergey.

Born on March 11

Naturally, this is not the end of the holidays. March 11 is the birthday of famous people such as Urbain Jean Joseph Leverrier (an astronomer who discovered Neptune), Zino Davidoff (Swiss, whose company of the same name is still very popular), Vannevar Bush (one of the creators of the first atomic bomb), Piri footballers (Real Madrid and Spain) and Didier Drogba (Chelsea and Cote d'Ivoire), American actor Johnny Knoxville (who worked on the project "Eccentrics") and many, many others. This is only a small fraction of the famous names.

The dead on March 11

The Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose died on that day, expanding the borders of his state to unprecedented limits and creating the regular army of Egypt. In the 20th century, Petr Petrovich Semyonov-Tian-Shansky (the famous Russian geographer, botanist and public figure who made a great contribution to the development of science) died on March 11, Alexander Fleming (a British bacteriologist, Nobel Prize winner in physiology and medicine, inventor of penicillin), Boris Vasiliev (writer who gave Soviet readers such works as "A Dawns Here Are Quiet", "No Lists on the Lists", "Do not Shoot the White Swans").

Conclusion

To judge one day in the context of history is very, very difficult. We can say that for scientists on March 11 was not quite a good date: it was on this day that a huge number of researchers and testers from all over the globe went to another world. This day was rich in innovative discoveries and amazing events (for example, in 1921, the wife of the British King George V became the first woman to receive a degree from the University of Oxford - an unheard of at the time business!). Culture did not lag behind: the publication of the "Apostle" by Ivan Fyodorov, which marked the beginning of Russian printing, the adoption in the Russian Empire of the "Provisions on Civilian Coats" and "Descriptions of women's outfits for coming to solemn days to the High Court" - documents strictly regulating the appearance of the subjects of the court , The premiere of the opera "Rigoletto" by Verdi, the transfer of some of Picasso's paintings to the museum in Barcelona. There are a lot of events to list, some of them seem more important, others passed almost unnoticed by the world community, but none of them deserve to be forgotten.

By the way, there is another unusual birthday. It was already mentioned that on March 11 the first Tajik newspaper was published, so in the country this day there is a celebration of the press, accompanied by various public events, in which people can learn more not only about the press of Tajikistan, but also about the state of the industry generally.