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Holidays May 7, 2014
Radio day
On this day Russian physicist Alexander Stepanovich Popov in 1895 demonstrated the world's first radio receiver he created at a meeting of the Russian Physical and Chemical Society.
Creation Day armed forces Russia
Armed forces Russian Federation are engaged in protecting the integrity and inviolability of the country. They are designed to repel aggression directed against the state.
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The span is called the end of winter: the Slavs on this day performed protective rites of awakening the earth, which brought strength and health.
Name day May 7
Angel Day is celebrated by the bearers of the names: Alexey, Valentin, Elizabeth, Innokenty, Joseph, Leonty, Nikolai, Sergey.
Folk omens for May 7
Evsey - Oats otsey: on this day it was already necessary to finish sowing oats. The people claimed that Yevsey was oppressed to the ground, some people were stuck with maeta. To get rid of adversity, they read prayers and washed themselves with holy water.
Significant events that took place on May 7
Grand opening of the Moscow state university named after M.V. Lomonosov (1755). educational institution founded thanks to the activities of Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov, the first Russian academician, an outstanding scientist and encyclopedist.
Formation of the Jewish Autonomous Region in the RSFSR(1934). First, the territorial entity was assigned to the Far East, then to the Khabarovsk Territory. Before the arrival of the settlers, no more than 1,200 people lived in the area of the future Birobidzhan.
Accepted resolution "On measures to overcome drunkenness and alcoholism, the eradication of moonshine" Council of Ministers of the USSR (1985). At the same time, prices for alcohol increased, its sale was sharply limited. Vodka was sold on coupons.
May 7th were born
English poet and playwright Robert Browning(1812), German composer, pianist and conductor Johannes Brahms(1833), composer, teacher and conductor Pyotr Tchaikovsky(1840), Indian writer and public figure Rabindranath Tagore(1861), poet and translator Nikolay Zabolotsky(1903), violinist, teacher, conductor, People's Artist of the RSFSR Igor Bezrodny(1930), screenwriter, film director, People's Artist of Russia and Ukraine Vladimir Bortko (1946).
In the photo - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The abolition of the death penalty in Russia, the mention of the white-blue-red tricolor as the official flag, the anniversary of "Aunt Sonya", not joining NATO, "prohibition", the inauguration of the "medveputov" - this was the day of May 7 in history ...
And this day also brings together the Indian poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore and the legend of American cinema Gary Cooper.
May 7, 1744 - Elizaveta Petrovna's decree on the abolition of the death penalty in Russia. The Russian man was kind: while in civilized and enlightened Europe they hung, chopped off their heads, quartered, wheeled, burned alive, poured molten lead down the throat - in a wild and cruel Russia abolished the death penalty. Yes, where are we up to high European culture ...
On May 7, 1883, the tricolor is mentioned as the official flag of Russia. Prior to this, the tricolor has been known since the reign of Alexei Mikhailovich. And on the eve of his coronation Alexander III On April 28, 1883, the "Decree on Flags to Decorate Buildings on Solemn Occasions" established:
“According to the most humble report of the Minister of the Interior, Sovereign Emperor, on the 28th day of April 1883, the Highest command deigned: that in those solemn occasions when it is recognized as possible to allow the decoration of buildings with flags, the Russian flag should be used exclusively, consisting of three stripes: the upper - white, middle - blue and bottom - red; the use of foreign flags is allowed only in relation to buildings occupied by embassies and consulates of foreign powers, as well as in those cases when, in order to honor the members of the reigning dynasties who come to the Empire and, in general, honorary representatives of foreign States, it will be recognized as necessary to decorate houses with flags of their nationality.
Some believe that before that the black-yellow-white flag was official. The confusion is related to the following circumstance. Based on the fact that the state emblem Russian Empire was a golden shield with a black double-headed eagle, with silver crowns, a scepter and an orb, heraldist B.V. Koene believed that according to the rules of heraldry, the heraldic colors of the Russian Empire were black, gold and silver. It was these colors that were used by B.V. Koehne already in 1856 in the design of the state banner in the form of black-gold-silver fringe and tassels. But the use of black-yellow-white decorative flags for decoration and black-yellow-white draperies lasted only 25 years. And on May 7, 1883, the white-blue-red tricolor is already mentioned as the official one.
May 7, 1945 - At 2:41 am in Reims at the headquarters Supreme Commander Dwight Eisenhower's Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe signed the act of unconditional surrender of Germany.
May 7, 1946 - The Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo (Tokyo Telecommunications Company), later Sony, is founded in Tokyo. So, “Aunt Sonya” has an anniversary: 65 years old has hit!
On May 7, 1954, the United States, France and England refused the proposal of the USSR to join NATO. Yes, yes, there was such a proposal - the Soviet leaders sometimes cut through a peculiar sense of humor ... I wonder how history would turn if the USA, France and England said: "Yes"?
However, the French had a headache about something else: on the same day, the battle of Dien Bien Phu, the decisive battle of the First Indochina War, ended with the surrender of the French garrison.
May 7, 1985 - Resolution of the Central Committee of the CPSU on measures to overcome drunkenness and alcoholism. Remember, yes? "Non-alcoholic" weddings, queues at liquor stores... And then Gorbachev was nicknamed "son of juice" by the people. Yes, history tells us that the introduction of "prohibition" in Russia sometimes does not turn out the way the initiators would like ... On the other hand. there are allegations that at that time the mortality rate among Soviet men fell sharply ...
But on May 7, 1992, vodka and alcohol in Russia for the first time began to be sold at free prices.
Well, now we are being scared by the upcoming price increase. Well, personally, I somehow don't care - I don't drink. "Sobriety should become the norm of life" (M.S. Gorbachev) :)
The turbulent years of perestroika-shootout gave way to the apathetic boredom of the 2000s: on May 7, 2000, the inauguration of Russian President Vladimir Putin took place. And he has already rewound two terms in office, and Medvedev is now President ... but they still say that on next elections Putin will be president again. Or maybe, in fact, he is already tired of all this and Vladimir Vladimirovich wants to live a private life for himself?
May 7, 2008 - inauguration of the third President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev.
And on May 7, 2006, a completely non-political event happened - the last witness to the death of the Titanic died - American Lillian Gertrud Asplund, died at the age of 99 (at the time of the disaster she was 5 years old). After her, two more survivors of the Titanic survived, but they were less than a year old at the time of the disaster, and they do not remember anything about her.
So - from the death of the "Titanic" we are separated by only a period of one human life. By the way, the sinking of the Titanic is again a reason to remember Radio Day. After all, on the Titanic there was already a radio operator who sent distress signals. If there had been no radio transmitter on the ship, the number of victims could have been higher, and Lillian Gertrud Asplund would not have lived to be 99 years old ... So there is reason to kindly mention Popov, Marconi, Hertz ...
1861 — Rabindranath Tagore (Rabindranath Tagore listen)) (d. 1941), Indian writer, philosopher, laureate Nobel Prize in Literature 1913. Today Rabindranath Tagore is 150 years old!
1901 — Gary Cooper(real name Frank James) Gary Cooper — Frank James Cooper) (d. 1961), a famous American film actor, starred in more than a hundred films, received two Oscars for Best Actor (1941, 1952) and an honorary Oscar for his general contribution to the development of American cinema (1961). 110 years since the birth of the legend of American cinema.
In 1727 on Russian throne entered by Peter II. However, due to infancy, his control passed into the hands of Menshikov, who transported the sovereign to his house and betrothed him to his daughter. The struggle for influence over the young tsar ended with the exile of Menshikov and the rise of the Dolgoruky clan. The reign of Peter II was short. He died suddenly in 1730. During the years of his reign, nothing special happened. In 1945, the German delegation, which arrived early in the morning at the French headquarters of General Eisenhower in Reims, signed the act of unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany. But Stalin was not satisfied that this happened in France. At his insistence, the next day in Berlin, occupied Soviet troops, a second signing ceremony of this historic act took place. A late guest sat at the table ...
In 1796, Napoleon crossed the Po River near the town of Piacenza, launching an invasion of Lombardy.
It was defended by 35,000 Austrians under the command of the battle-hardened General Beaulieu. However, having crossed the river, Napoleon bypassed Beaulieu's positions from the south. On May 10, Bonaparte won a decisive victory over the Austrian general and entered Milan on May 16. Napoleon himself later said that on this day he first realized his chosenness. He was successful throughout the year, but mutinies in the rear of the army, caused by exorbitant indemnities, forced Bonaparte to abandon the idea of \u200b\u200bcreating a North Italian Republic. Instead, Napoleon created several vassal republics in Italy. The Lombard Republic was proclaimed on May 16, 1796.
In 1895, Alexander Stepanovich Popov, a professor at St. Petersburg University, at a meeting of the Russian Physical and Chemical Society, demonstrated the lightning detector he invented - the world's first radio receiver.And in March next year, he will introduce a device for transmitting signals, transmitting a two-word radiogram "Heinrich Hertz" to a distance of 250 meters.
The Italian Marconi, who claims to be a pioneer in this field, will publish information about similar experiments only in June 1897.
In 1906, in the suburbs of St. Petersburg - Ozerki - Alexander Blok wrote one of his best lyrical works- poem "Stranger":
And chained by a strange closeness,
I look behind the dark veil
And I see the enchanted shore
And the enchanted distance...
For many years, the NATO bloc was considered by us as hostile. And even now, given his "art" in restoring world order, it is difficult to disagree with this assessment. But, apparently, not everyone knows that in the fiftiesStalin asked NATO to join its ranks Soviet Union
, however, the United States, France and England answered Joseph Vissarionovich with a categorical refusal.The refusal was received on May 7, 1954.
Continuing the NATO theme...On May 7, 1999, the Chinese embassy in Belgrade was attacked by rockets.3 people died and 20 were injured. The NATO leadership and US President Clinton called it a tragic accident due to a gross mistake by American intelligence, which confused objects in the Yugoslav capital. But there is another version: the cause of the strike was a Yugoslav television transmitter located in the building that housed the Chinese embassy.
Several records were set on this day.
So, in 1993, the smallest horse in history was born in the United States - as an adult, its height was only 53 centimeters and weighs 25 kilograms.
In 1994, Vancouver, Canada, hosted the largest ever ensemble of 1,322 guitarists.
On the same day, a world record was recorded in walking for 20 kilometers, which has not been beaten to this day - the Mexican Bernardo Segura overcame this distance in one hour, seventeen minutes and twenty-five and a half seconds.
In 1997, Luc Besson's The Fifth Element premiered successfully at the Cannes Film Festival.At the age of 16, Luke wrote four hundred pages of absolutely unsuitable for the embodiment of fiction. For many years, this thing did not give him rest, until, finally, it turned into a movie story that triumphantly swept across the screens of the entire planet.
In 1682, after a six-year stay on the throne, the 21-year-old Fedor Alekseevich died.He was the eldest son of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich from his first wife and at that time a very enlightened young man: he knew Latin and Polish, under him Rus''s contacts with the West expanded significantly.
Fedor Alekseevich died childless, and therefore a struggle for the succession to the throne immediately broke out between his mother's relatives - the Miloslavskys, who wanted to crown his brother Ivan, who was in poor health, and the relatives of the second wife of his father Natalia Naryshkina, the mother of the future Peter I. In the end, it was decided that there would be two the king, but since both Ivan and Peter are still children (Peter, for example, was only ten years old), the sister of the late Fyodor Alekseevich, Sophia, will become the ruler.
Sophia, naturally, gravitated towards the Miloslavskys and, together with them, used the Streltsy Moscow uprising of 1682 to palace coup. As a result, the sickly John V was declared the "senior" tsar, and Peter I became the "junior" tsar under the regent Sophia. Together with his mother, Peter was sent to the village of Preobrazhenskoye near Moscow. Only 14 years later - in 1696 - Peter became the sole ruler of Russia.
Francis Beaufort was born in 1774, an English sailor who developed the 12-point wind force scale.First, the Beaufort scale was adopted by the British Navy, and then by sailors around the world. A sea in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Canada and Alaska is named after Beaufort.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in 1840 in Votkinsk into the family of a mining engineer., the author of six symphonies, at the premiere of the last of which, the Sixth ("Pathetic"), he conducted a few days before his death. The enormous power of the influence of Tchaikovsky's music lies in its extraordinary melodic richness and expressiveness, therefore the process of its comprehension continues and interest in the personality of the greatest composer does not weaken.
In 1942, Seraphim Znamensky, the youngest of the legendary brothers-athletes, died at the front.From the first appearance on the treadmill, the guys from the Hammer and Sickle factory amazed with high results. In seven years, Georgy and Serafim set 24 country records, the first among Soviet stayers to become one of the strongest runners in Europe. Since 1958, a memorial to the Znamensky brothers has been held, and athletes from dozens of countries on all continents come to Russia to honor the memory of two outstanding Russian athletes.
In 1957, US Department of Justice Special Agent Eliot Ness passed away.At the age of 26, he led a group of nine people who managed to collect the necessary evidence and put the legendary mafia Al Capone behind bars. For their purposefulness and incorruptibility, the young people who were part of the Eliot Ness squad were nicknamed the Untouchables.
Today is the birthday of Nikolai Alexandrovich Zabolotsky, a wonderful poet and translator.He owns translations of Shota Rustaveli's poem "The Knight in tiger skin", the works of many Georgian authors, German classical poetry, the poetic arrangement of "The Tale of Igor's Campaign", which is recognized as one of the best.
Zabolotsky is a poet of bitter fate (he went through the Gulag school) and a unique individuality, a magnificent master of lyrics, according to Paustovsky, a poet of "Pushkin's depth, melody and strength."
Months of slumber have come...
Is life really gone
Is she, having finished all the work,
The Royal Theater has opened in the center of London. It burned down nine years later, but was re-erected at its current location on Drury Lane. It is now the oldest theater in England.
Red Gates were built by the Moscow merchants to enter the coronation celebrations of Empress Elizabeth. In 1934, during the reconstruction of Moscow, they were destroyed.
Frenchman Jean Pierre François Blanchard and American John Jeffries crossed the English Channel in a hot air balloon for the first time
The first performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony took place in Vienna. Dedicated to the King of Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm III (Friedrich Wilhelm III), she was greeted by the public with a standing ovation
The signing of the Russian-Japanese agreement on the exchange of territories, according to which the Kuril Islands were ceded by Russia to Japan in exchange for the island of Sakhalin
American Thomas Stevens completed the first trip around the world on a bicycle after traveling 13,500 miles and being on the road for more than three years
In Russia, the laws of 1882 and 1885 were revised. on the work of minors and adolescents in the direction of their deterioration: nine-hour work was allowed for minors, as well as work on holidays with the permission of the inspection; night work of teenagers is allowed; manufacturers also received the right to dismiss a worker if he did not show up for work more than six days a month, etc.
In St. Petersburg, Russian physicist and electrical engineer Alexander Popov demonstrated an invention that became the prototype of the radio
The abolition in the Russian Empire of the ban on Lithuanian printing in Latin script (introduced in 1864); in Lithuania is celebrated as the Day of the Return of the Seal
The German submarine "U-20" attacked the English passenger ship "Lusitania"; 1198 passengers died
Provisional Government Granted the Catholic Church the Right to Religious Propaganda in Russia
The Don Cossacks who rebelled against the Bolsheviks and the arrived detachment of Colonel Drozdovsky liberate Novocherkassk from the Bolsheviks. The end of the campaign of the First Separate Brigade of Russian volunteers from Romania to the Don, known as the "Drozdovsky campaign"
Brazilian airline VARIG is founded - the largest airline in Latin America today
The Glenn Miller Orchestra recorded one of their most popular tunes "Chattanooga Choo Choo"
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo (Tokyo Telecommunications Company), later Sony, founded in Tokyo
The International Olympic Committee invited the USSR to take part in the 1952 Olympic Games.
The surrender of the French garrison ended the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, the decisive battle of the First Indochina War.
UK health secretary refuses to launch anti-smoking campaign, saying he is not personally convinced of its harm
In Moscow, linguist Tatyana Khodorovich, mathematician Tatyana Velikanova, and biologist Sergei Kovalev are holding a press conference to announce that they are now taking responsibility for distributing the Chronicle of Current Events. Three new issues of the Chronicle were handed over to foreign correspondents
Andrei Sakharov was captured on the street and taken to the Gorky Regional Clinical Hospital. Semashko. He was forcibly kept there for 4 months.
The beginning of the constituent assembly of the "Democratic Union", the first opposition CPSU political party. Leader - Valeria Novodvorskaya
A decree of the President of the Russian Federation on the creation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was issued. Celebrated as Russian Armed Forces Day
Latvian rubles were put into circulation in Latvia, which the people immediately began to call "reps" after the name of the president of the Bank of Latvia, Einars Repse
Russia, Radio Day is a memorable day for workers in all branches of communications.
1104 G.-The Crusaders were defeated at the Battle of Haran
1253 G.- From Constantinople, the French embassy headed by the Franciscan monk Willem Rubruk went to the Mongols.
1682- Unexpectedly died 20 summer king Fedor Alekseevich, after which the boyars, in violation of the order of succession to the throne, proclaimed Peter 1 Tsar.
1744 G.- Decree of Elizabeth Petrovna on the abolition of the death penalty in Russia
1875 G.- The signing of the Russian-Japanese agreement on the exchange of territories, according to which the Kuril Islands were ceded by Russia to Japan in exchange for the island of Sakhalin.
1890 G.- In Russia, the laws of 1882 and 1885 were revised. on the work of minors and adolescents in the direction of their deterioration: nine-hour work was allowed for minors, as well as work on holidays with the permission of the inspection; night work of teenagers is allowed; manufacturers also received the right to dismiss a worker if he did not show up for work more than six days a month, etc.
1895 G.- In St. Petersburg Russian physicist and electrical engineer Alexander Popov demonstrated an invention that became the prototype of the radio.
1907 G.- The Turkish football club Fenerbahce was founded.
1917 G.- The Provisional Government granted the Catholic Church the right to carry out religious propaganda in Russia.
1918 G.- The Don Cossacks who rebelled against the Bolsheviks and the arrived detachment of Colonel Drozdovsky liberate Novocherkassk from the Bolsheviks. End of the First Campaign separate brigade Russian volunteers from Romania to the Don, known as the "Drozdovsky campaign".
1920 G.- A peace treaty was signed between the RSFSR and independent Georgia.
1934 G.- Organization on the Amur of the Jewish Autonomous Region with a center in Birobidzhan.
1945 G.- At 2:41 am in Reims, at the headquarters of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe, Dwight Eisenhower, an act of unconditional surrender of Germany was signed.
1946 G.- The Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Company (Tokyo Telecommunications Company), later Sony, was founded in Tokyo.
1951 G.- The International Olympic Committee invited the USSR to take part in the 1952 Olympic Games.
1954 G.- The USA, France and England refused the proposal of the USSR to join NATO.
1956 G.- The British Minister of Health has refused to launch an anti-smoking campaign, saying that he is not personally convinced of its harm.
1960 G.- Adoption of a law on the gradual abolition of the tax on wages. Law on the introduction of a 7-hour working day.
1984 G.- Andrei Sakharov was captured on the street and taken to the Gorky Regional Clinical Hospital. Semashko. He was forcibly kept there for 4 months.
1985 G.- Resolution of the Central Committee of the CPSU on measures to overcome drunkenness and alcoholism.
1992 G.- A decree was issued by Yeltsin - the first president of the Russian Federation - on the organization of the armed forces of the Russian Federation. It is celebrated as the Day of the Russian Armed Forces.
2000 G.
2004 G.- The US has chosen 16 of the world's poorest countries to be assisted for economic and democratic reforms. The list includes mainly countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, as well as several former Soviet republics, which, according to Washington, have begun to take active steps to eradicate corruption and respect for the civil rights of citizens. The State Department statement said economic assistance would be provided to Benin, Cape Verde, Ghana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Senegal, Armenia, Georgia, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Vanuatu, Bolivia, Honduras, and Nicaragua. A long-term program of assistance to the poorest countries, according to some estimates, could cost the US treasury up to $5 billion annually.
2008 G.- Inauguration of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
2012 G.- Inauguration of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Born on this day
1903 G.- Nikolai Alekseevich Zabolotsky (d. 1958), poet, translator of The Tale of Igor's Campaign. Repressed in 1938 ("Columns", "The Triumph of Agriculture").
1909 - Edwin Land (d. 1991), American inventor, founder of the Polaroid company and developer of the Polaroid camera, which allowed amateur photographers to receive ready-made photographs immediately after shooting.
1962 G.- Sergey Arkhipov, Chief Editor radio station "Russian Radio".
