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30.09.2021 09:31:00
CALENDAR
DATES. EVENTS. PEOPLE.
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On September 30th, 1931, Nil Gilevich was born — Belarusian poet, playwright, literary critic, translator, scientist, Candidate of Philological Sciences, Professor, Honoured Scientist of Belarus and People’s Poet of Belarus. He is the author of the novel in verse Native Children, the first collection of sonnets in Belarusian poetry Naroch, satirical collections, as well as collections of poems and poems for children. Many lyric poems of Nil Gilevich are set to music by Belarusian composers. He is a laureate of the State Prize of Belarus. He died in 2016.
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On September 30, 1966,
on the 21st kilometre of the Minsk-Moscow highway, the ceremonial laying of the Mound of Glory of the Soviet Army — the liberator of Belarus. The memorial was solemnly opened on July 5th, 1969. The participants of the meeting adopted the text of the appeal to the descendants, which was buried in a special capsule at the foot of the mound. They called upon future generations to preserve friendship between peoples, to be patriots of the Motherland, to cherish the memory of those who defended the freedom and independence of the Fatherland.
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September 30th is International Translation Day, established in 1991 on the initiative of the International Federation of Translators (FIT). The date for the holiday was not chosen by chance; on this day, September 30th, 420, St. Jerome of Stridonium — one of the four Doctors of the Latin Church — a writer, historian and translator, died. He is considered the patron saint of translators. The purpose of this international date is to confirm that professional translation plays an important role in bringing peoples closer together.
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On October 1st, 1931, regular television broadcasting began in the USSR. It was conducted from Moscow with the help of optical-mechanical television systems, transmissions were carried out by radio communication.
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October 1st, 1946, the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg — formed by the four Allied Powers to try the main war criminals of World War II — announced its historical verdict. 12 main criminals were sentenced to death, 3 — to life imprisonment and 4 — to various terms of imprisonment.
October 1st is International Day of Older People. It is celebrated by the decision of the UN General Assembly in accordance with the resolution of December 14th, 1990, in order to draw public attention to the problems of the elderly.
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October 1st is International Music Day. It has been held annually since 1975 by the decision of the UNESCO International Music Council. Composer Dmitry Shostakovich and Chairman of the International Music Council Yehudi Menuhin were among the initiators of the establishment of this holiday.
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On October 2nd, 1836, Charles Darwin returned from a five-year round-the-world oceanographic expedition aboard the ‘Beagle’. The scientist substantiated the results of his observations and achievements in biology and breeding practice in his main work The Origin of Species by Natural Selection and the theory of the evolution of the organic world (Darwinism).
October 2nd is International Day of Non-Violence, proclaimed at the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly in accordance with the resolution of June 15th, 2007. It is celebrated annually on the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), one of the leaders of the Indian independence movement, the founder of philosophy and the idea of non-violent protest.
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On October 3rd, 1906, an SOS was received by the international telegraphic distress signal at the International Radiotelegraph Congress in Berlin.
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October 3rd is Teacher’s Day in the Republic of Belarus — a professional holiday for education workers which is celebrated in a number of post-Soviet countries on the first Sunday of October. World Teachers’ Day is celebrated on October 5th, established by UNESCO in 1994.
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October 4th is International Doctor’s Day. It is celebrated as the day of solidarity and active action around the world on the initiative of the international humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières with the support of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Order of Malta and UNICEF.
October 1st is International Day of Older People. It is celebrated by the decision of the UN General Assembly in accordance with the resolution of December 14th, 1990, in order to draw public attention to the problems of the elderly.
October 1st is International Music Day. It has been held annually since 1975 by the decision of the UNESCO International Music Council. Composer Dmitry Shostakovich and Chairman of the International Music Council Yehudi Menuhin were among the initiators of the establishment of this holiday.
October 2nd is International Day of Non-Violence, proclaimed at the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly in accordance with the resolution of June 15th, 2007. It is celebrated annually on the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), one of the leaders of the Indian independence movement, the founder of philosophy and the idea of non-violent protest.
