Every day is a holiday. You can find historical events, folk beliefs, or just some funny traditions on almost any date, and March 11 is no exception. It was on this day, according to literary critics, that Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet were betrothed, the first Russian-language book was printed, and the first newspaper of Tajikistan was published - there are many incidents, and one should not forget about them.
This day in history
It is difficult to talk about the role of March 11 in history: the date is so controversial that it is not necessary to talk about exclusively positive or negative events on this day.
In the distant year 106, Chinese artisans first received paper, far from modern, of course, but still. It is based on recycled bamboo.
On the same day in 1702, the first daily newspaper in English was published, and more than a hundred years later (in 1835) Canadians printed the first banknotes.
The 20th century was no less rich in various events. On March 11, the USSR banned the Bible and established diplomatic relations with Kuwait. On the same day in 1967, music critics announced that the famous compositionYesterday The Beatles created almost five hundred cover versions, and in 1970 Pablo Picasso donated a large number of his works to a museum in Barcelona. The centenary ended with the proclamation of the sovereign Republic of Lithuania, where March 11 is now the holiday of independence.
But things did not go so smoothly in the 21st century: on this day, in 2011, the famous earthquake in Japan occurred, provoking the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, which became the largest man-made disaster since Chernobyl.
Famous Holidays
The employees of the drug control of Russia celebrate their professional holiday on March 11th. True, some solemn events outside the walls of law enforcement agencies are held very rarely: few people even know about this date. It is impossible not to mention another holiday - the Day of a 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.
Distant Zambia celebrates Youth Day, and Tuvalu celebrates Commonwe alth Day. The latter is always accompanied by festivals and parades, since March 11 is a holiday not only for a small overseas state, but also for all countries of the Commonwe alth of Nations, of which there are at least two dozen.
In people and religion
The Orthodox calendar is not far behind. In it, March 11 is the day of memory of St. Porfiry. The people said that if the birds had already returned from wintering that day, a good harvest should be expected. thoughtthat if the birds start nesting on the sunny part of the houses, then the summer will be very cold, and if they choose the north side, it is worth waiting for warm and hot days.
Continuing the theme of religion, name days should also be mentioned. Additional holidays (March 11) can be added to your personal calendar by Anna, Ivana, Nikolai, Petra, Porfiria, Sevastiana and Sergey.
Born March 11
Of course, the holidays don't end there. March 11 is the birthday of such famous people as Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier (astronomer who discovered Neptune), Zino Davidoff (Swiss whose eponymous company is still very popular), Vannevar Busch (one of the creators of the first atomic bomb), Piri footballers (“Real” and the Spanish national team) and Didier Drogba (“Chelsea” and the Ivory Coast national team), American actor Johnny Knoxville (who worked on the project “Jacks”) and many, many others. These are just a few of the famous names.
Deceased March 11
The Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose, who expanded the borders of his state to unprecedented limits and created the regular army of Egypt, died on this day. In the XX century, on March 11, Pyotr Petrovich Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky (the most famous Russian geographer, botanist and public figure who made a huge contribution to the development of science), Alexander Fleming (British bacteriologist, Nobel Prize winner in physiology and medicine, inventor of penicillin) died, Boris Vasiliev (writer who gave Soviet readers suchworks such as “The Dawns Here Are Quiet”, “Not on the List”, “Don’t Shoot White Swans”).
Conclusion
Judge one day in the context of history is very, very difficult. It can be said that March 11 was not a very successful date for scientists: 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 - unheard of in those days!). Culture did not lag behind: the publication of the "Apostle" by Ivan Fedorov, which marked the beginning of Russian book printing, the approval in the Russian Empire of the "Regulations on civilian uniforms" and "Descriptions of ladies' outfits for arriving on solemn days at the Highest Court" - documents that strictly regulated the appearance of subjects of the court, the premiere of the opera "Rigoletto" by Verdi, the transfer of part of Picasso's paintings to the museum in Barcelona. There are a lot of events to list, some of them seem more important, others have passed almost unnoticed by the world community, but none of them deserves to be forgotten.
By the way, there is another unusual birthday. It has already been mentioned that on March 11 the first newspaper in the Tajik language was published, so that the country celebrates a press holiday on this day, accompanied by various public events, in which people can learn more not only about the press of Tajikistan, but also about the state ofindustry as a whole.
