Every day on the calendar, as a rule, is famous for some event. This does not have to be a big celebration celebrated by the whole country, but for some people it is important.
If your birthday is March 4th
According to the sign of the zodiac, people born on this day are Pisces. They like to be alone, but the desire for solitude can significantly complicate their lives, hinder the achievement of their goals. A man born March 4 does not like other people's advice, as they differ from his opinion. He tries to use all his personal time to good use. Often, in order to achieve his goal, he has to face various difficulties, but in the end he copes with them. That's only in personal relationships, not everything happens so smoothly.
Basically, these people are distinguished by determination and great willpower. Any business, even if it is carried out for the first time, ends with success. But in order to achieve good results, you need to forget about laziness forever and fight it in every way.
Name Day, or Angel Day
Some people, besides their real Birthday, still celebrate Angel Day. According to a long-standing Orthodox tradition, name-days are a holiday when they remember the name of a saint in whose honor a person is named. The angel throughout his life protects from all misfortunes and adversities.
Dmitry, Peter, Nikita, Maxim, Eugene, Arkhip, Filimon, Timothy, Bogdan, Fedor - men with these names can celebrate Angel Day on March 4.
Folk calendar
On March 4, the Orthodox Church recalls the names of Saints Philemon and Arkhip. According to old tradition, Philemon was a deeply religious person and turned his house into a monastery. There people gathered for the service, which was carried out by the son of Philemon - Arkhip.
On this day, it is imperative that you have a lot of various dishes on your table, then the whole next year will be successful. A prerequisite is prayer before the meal. In the evening, all remaining dishes need to be distributed to those in need. It is believed that all the good done on this day will return in multiple sizes.
According to popular beliefs, March 4, you need to watch the animals: if you happen to meet a white hare on the way, then you should expect heavy snowfall, if the hare has already changed color, then heat will soon come. A large flock of seagulls passing by portends a fast ice drift. If snow drifts that day, then the grass will rise late.
On the night of March 4-5, people were afraid to look at the sky, as the shooting star predicted disaster. If you still managed to see this, you need to repeat three times: “Amen! Scatter! ”
March 4: holidays celebrated in Russia
On this day, an unusual professional holiday is celebrated - Theatrical Cashier's Day. The leaders of the Shelter of the Comedian Theater, located in St. Petersburg, proposed highlighting this profession. Their initiative was supported by representatives of other theaters, and the solemn event was firmly entrenched in the calendar.
What holidays are celebrated on this day abroad
So, we found out why we can get together on March 4. Holidays will always find their heroes of celebration. But what is this day famous in the history of other countries?
The Republic of Belarus celebrates Police Day on March 4 . In 1917, the Bolsheviks proposed the organization of a national squad, which would be responsible for peace and order in the territory entrusted to them. Since then, March 4 in Belarus is considered a professional holiday for all police officers.
On March 4, Lithuania celebrates St. Casimir’s Day. In all the churches of the country, festive services are held in his honor, relevant issues of religion and the church are brought up for discussion. Many residents of the country try to get a job this day at the church of St. Casimir, located in Vilnius, to pray to him on this holiday.
In the USA, March 4 is unofficially celebrated National Pound Cake Day. The peculiarity of this treat is that all the products contained in it are taken of the same weight - 1 pound. On this day, it is customary to bake such a cake and treat them to neighbors, friends, relatives and acquaintances, thereby making them pleasant.
Significant events on this day
March 4 in the history of Russia:
- 1726 - the first gymnasium in Russia was opened in St. Petersburg;
- 1733 - Decree “On the Establishment of Police in Cities” was issued;
- 1762 - Peter III signs the Decree "On Free Trade";
- 1803 - landowners were vested with the right to free their peasants, and it was a prerequisite to give them land;
- 1818 - the opening of the first monument to Minin and Pozharsky in Moscow;
- 1837 - Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov was arrested for writing the poem Death of a Poet;
- 1855 - accession to the throne of Emperor Alexander II;
- 1852 - the Russian writer Nikolai Gogol died;
- 1870 - the first open-hearth furnace was tested;
- 1921 - the formation of the Abkhaz SSR;
- 1992 - the Soviet actor Evgeny Evstigneev died;
- 2006 - the Odnoklassniki social network was created;
- 2009 - opening of the Memorial Museum of the traveler Yuri Senkevich;
- 2012 - Vladimir Putin returns to the presidency.
What interesting happened on March 4 in the world? Dates in world history:
- 1789 - opening of the first US Congress in New York;
- 1791 - Vermont becomes the 14th US state;
- 1848 - universal suffrage for men was introduced in France;
- 1849 - Austria adopted a new constitution;
- 1857 - Britain signed the Paris Treaty of Independence of Afghanistan;
- 1877 - American Emil Berliner invented the world's first microphone;
- 1880 - a reproduction of a photograph was first published in an American newspaper ;
- 1882 - Britain launched the world's first electric trams;
- 1936 - the first flight of the Hindenburg airship.
Famous people whose birthday is March 4th:
- musician and composer Antonio Vivaldi;
- Russian inventor and designer Alexander Kovanko;
- writer Alexander Belyaev ;
- scientist, theoretical physicist George Gamov;
- Soviet actor George Shtil;
- Soviet scientist and TV presenter Yuri Senkevich;
- Soviet theater and film actress Larisa Luzhina ;
- Soviet and Russian actor Vadim Yakovlev ;
- American actress Katherine O'Hara;
- Russian singer Boris Moiseev;
- American actress Stacy Edwards;
- Russian football player Vyacheslav Malafeev;
- American actress Andrea Bowen.