Holidays July 25
"Fire Service Day" in Belarus
In the middle of the 19th century in Belarus the question arose of creating a separate fire service. The first fire brigade was formed in Minsk, its staff consisted of 51 people. The local City Council approved the creation of a professional fire brigade, and on July 25, 1853 approved a cost estimate for its maintenance. Thus began the story of the creation of the Belarusian service of professional firefighters. Currently, the fire service in Belarus is part of one of the 17 specialized structures of the Ministry of Emergencies. The work of a firefighter is prestigious, honorable, but also dangerous. Every day, risking their own lives, these people fearlessly step into the fire to save the lives of others. On this day, ceremonial meetings are held in the fire departments of the republic, where they honor and award workers who have especially distinguished themselves in the service, organize competitions, concerts and other celebrations.
Tunisia hosts Republic Day
Tunisia - a state in northern Africa, was formed at the very beginning of the 15th century. It so happened that most of the time it was ruled by foreigners. The Arab conquerors ruled it, then the pirates, and later the Spaniards came. Since the end of the 19th century, Tunisia has been ruled by France, which has ruled its protege - the Tunisian Bey. Only in the middle of the 20th century Tunisia managed to get out of the influence of France, and in 1957. topple and bei. This happened on July 25, when the country's Parliament proclaimed Tunisia an independent state, which meant the complete liquidation of the monarchy. On this day, mass festivities take place throughout the republic, holiday concerts, and entertainment programs are held. The most spectacular events are held in the capital of Tunisia. Large-scale military parades, air shows, and crowded demonstrations are held there. Celebrations end with a bewitching spectacle when the sky of Tunisia is buried in thousands of bright and colorful lights of fireworks and fireworks.
July 25 on the folk calendar
Proclus Crying
Since July 25, large dew began to fall in the fields, therefore they gave the day such a name - "mourner". Until the end of July, they tried to harvest the entire crop so that it would not deteriorate from high humidity. In a hurry, and with harvesting hay for the winter. Which was necessary not only to have time to mow, but also to dry, put in ricks and hide under awnings. If dew was considered destructive for the crop, then for people, on the contrary, it was healing. It was believed that it relieves of various ailments, damage, evil eye, insomnia. We tried on this day, if you do not swim in the dew, then at least wash it or collect it for the future. It was believed that from rubbing the eyes with “puny” dew, vision improves, and the face becomes cleaner and more beautiful. The heavy dew and fog that fell on Proclus foreshadowed clear, sunny weather. If the grass was dry, without a drop of dew, then heavy rains were expected in the coming days.
Historical events of July 25
July 25, 1980 Vladimir Vysotsky died
Vladimir Vysotsky was never in favor with the Soviet government, so officially his death was not reported anywhere. Except for the small obituary in the newspaper Sovetskaya Kultura and the modest announcement in the window of the ticket office on Taganka that “actor Vladimir Vysotsky died”. Despite the silence of the media, this sad news on word of mouth circled all corners of the Soviet Union in a day. The Olympics took place in Moscow these days, and getting to the capital was not so easy. But nothing could stop thousands of nonresident fans of the singer from coming to Moscow to say goodbye to their idol. On the day of the funeral, the sports stadiums of the capital were half empty, but the streets and roofs of houses near Taganskaya Square were crowded with people, his songs sounded from many open windows of apartments. According to the official version, Vysotsky died of cardiac arrest. But the real cause of death is unknown. no autopsy was performed. The singer was buried on July 28 at the Vagankovsky cemetery.
July 25, 1984 the first woman-cosmonaut in the world - Svetlana Savitskaya
Together with her partner, Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Svetlana spent 3.5 hours outside the spacecraft, conducting scientific experiments in open space. To uninitiated people it may seem that going out into outer space is like entertainment or attraction. But in fact, such exits are fraught with danger for astronauts. One of the most common is the possibility of collision with space debris. After all, the speed of the ship is more than 7 km per second, which is several times more than the speed of a bullet. Collision at such a speed, even with the smallest extraneous particle, threatens with major troubles, for example, damage to the spacesuit, which will lead to its depressurization. Upon returning home, for her heroism and courage, the astronaut Savitskaya was awarded the Order of Lenin and was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
July 25, 2000 Concord passenger supersonic plane crashed near Paris
The supersonic airliner of Air France, heading to New York from Paris, operated on a regular charter flight. And it would have ended quite safely, if not for a series of adverse circumstances that had occurred on the runway. During the take-off from one of the aircraft, which was preparing to take off, a metal plate came off, which remained lying on the runway. After 4 minutes, the French Concord, which accidentally ran into this iron plate, damaged the chassis, began to pick up speed along the same path. The tire of the rubber wheel burst, one of its fragments damaged the skin of the aircraft and the fuel tank. From the resulting spark, the kerosene leaked from the tank ignited. A burning plane began to fall to pieces in the air, and then crashed to the ground. The catastrophe led to a sad result - all 109 people flying in the Concorde were killed, and 4 were on the ground.
Born on July 25
Vasily Shukshin (1929 - 1974), Soviet actor, writer, screenwriter, director
Vasily Shukshin graduated from the directing department of VGIK in 1960. But at first, with the directing, he somehow did not work out. The first film he shot, his thesis, seemed to many boring and mundane. But Shukshin’s acting career was more than successful. But Shukshin would not be Shukshin if he abandoned his venture. Nevertheless, he shot several films that brought him success as a director. The most striking of his work - “Stoves, benches”, “Strange people”, “Red viburnum”.
Fedor Cherenkov (born 1959), Soviet football player
Fedor began playing football, like thousands of boys, in the yard team. After graduating from the Sports School, a talented guy was invited to FC Spartak, for which he played most of his sports career. He played 44 times for the USSR national team, including 10 times as part of the Olympic team. In total, he spent more than five hundred matches in which 138 goals were scored. Cherenkov can be called the favorite of the public. For the bright and outstanding game, honesty and nobility on the football field, he was respected not only by Spartak fans, but also by their eternal rivals - fans of Dynamo clubs (both Moscow and Kiev) and CSKA.
July 25th
Name Day Celebrate: Anton, Ivan, Arseny, Gavrila, Fedor, Mikhail, Maria, Veronika
