March 12 is an ordinary weekday for some, and for some it is a big holiday: birthday, name day, professional worker's day and some other significant date. Let's figure out what we can have fun on this day. Or maybe one of you has a name day today, but you don't know?
Birthday
A person born on March 12, according to the zodiac sign - Pisces. The stars say that people born on this day have a mysterious character, hospitality and excellent intuition. The negative traits of people of this sign are unreliability, susceptibility to excessive depressive states, excessive anxiety. In general, the stars promise a calm happy life with a little bit of sadness.
Name day
March 12th holiday can be celebrated by people who were named by the following names: Makar, Stepan, Timofey, Julian, Julius, Jacob, Cassian. Relying on the Orthodox calendar, Peter, Victoria and Michael can also celebrate Angel Day. According to the old tradition, it is these names that babies born on this day should be called. It is believed that if you give a child the name of a patron, thenthe angel will always be there, will protect from evil throughout life.
On March 12, the Orthodox Church honors St. Procopius Dekapolit, so people with this name also have name days.
Citizens born on this day are endowed with such character traits as prudence, charisma, solidity in everything and the ability to see the essence of things.
March 12 is the holiday of prison workers
In Russia, this day is considered a professional holiday for specialists working in the penitentiary system. On March 12, 1879, the Russian Emperor Alexander II signed a decree establishing a prison department. This document laid the foundation for the formation of a unified state system for the execution of sentences in our state.
People working in the penitentiary system celebrate their professional holiday all over the country. On this day, various solemn concerts and events are dedicated to them. Presentation of state and departmental awards to distinguished workers, congratulations to veterans. Also on March 12, employees of the penitentiary system who died in the line of duty are remembered with sorrow.
Famous people born on this day
Who was born on March 12 from celebrities? Many famous people can be mentioned. Born March 12:
- world famous academician, public figure and thinker, naturalist Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky;
- famousGerman director, producer and film actor Alfred Abel;
- Georgian opera singer Zurab Sotkilava;
- writer-playwright, comedian, screenwriter, TV presenter and actor Grigory Gorin;
- Soviet director Andrey Smirnov;
- LA-based actress and singer Liza Minnelli;
- Armenian jazz pianist and composer David Azaryan;
- Soviet and Russian singer Irina Ponarovskaya;
- Russian actor Sergei Selin;
- Russian actress Tatyana Lyutaeva;
- Russian choreographer and actor Yegor Druzhinin;
- Russian actress Natalia Antonova;
- Russian actor Kirill Ivanchenko;
- Russian pop singer Alexei Chumakov.
Significant events of the day
March 12 in the history of Russia was marked by the following events:
- 1714: Peter the Great issues a decree on the creation of digital schools for teaching;
- 1770: Establishment of the English Assembly in St. Petersburg;
- 1798: Decree issued allowing Old Believers to build churches in all dioceses;
- 1854: France, Turkey and Great Britain signed the Treaty of Constantinople against Russia;
- 1896: using a device invented by Popov A. S., the world's first radiogram was sent;
- 1899: the first international hockey tournament held in our country, held in St. Petersburg;
- 1917: 20,000th demonstration of representatives of the Ukrainian public under national flags, held in St. Petersburg;
- 1917: Russia hosted the Februaryrevolution;
- 1918: Moscow becomes the capital of the USSR;
- 1922: The Union of Transcaucasian Republics is created;
- 1922: Chechnya declares its independence from the USSR;
- 1940: Soviet-Finnish War 1939-1940 ends with the signing of a peace treaty between Finland and the USSR;
- 1951: The USSR Armed Forces adopt the Peace Defense Law.
And what events took place in the world on March 12?
- 1609: Bermuda becomes a British colony;
- 1881: Tunisia becomes Protector of France;
- 1904: Britain's first electric train line launched;
- 1912: Boy Scouts founded in USA;
- 1968: Independence Day of the African Republic of Mauritius;
- 1974: On this day, the first robotic space station lands on the surface of the planet Mars;
- 1999: Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.
Folk calendar
March 12, according to the folk calendar, they remember the confessor Procopius Dekapolit, who lived in the 8th century. It was believed that from this day spring comes into its own, the snow begins to melt, winter roads become limp and become impassable. On this day, people watched the drop: if it was strong, then they were afraid to go on a long journey and tried to stay at home. A weak drop foreshadowed a successful hunt for hares for hunters.
Holidays celebrated on this day abroad
March 12 inChina and Taiwan celebrate an official holiday - Arbor Day. This is the day of the death of the famous Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen. In his honor, in these countries, on March 12, events are held to plant green spaces, as he led the propaganda of greening the territory of the state.
