March 12 is an ordinary everyday day for some, and for some it’s a big holiday: Birthday, name day, professional worker’s day and some other significant date. Let’s see why 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. Stars say that people born on this day have a mysterious character, are distinguished by hospitality and excellent intuition. Negative traits of people of this sign are insecurity, exposure to excessive depressive states, excessive anxiety. In general, the stars promise a calm, happy life with a little splash of sadness.
Name day
March 12th can be celebrated by people who are named by the following names: Makar, Stepan, Timofei, Julian, Julius, Jacob, Cassian. Relying on the Orthodox calendar, Peter, Victoria and Michael can also celebrate Angel Day. According to the old tradition, these are the names that should be used for babies born on this day. It is believed that if you give your child the name of a patron, then the angel will always be there, will protect from evil throughout life.
As early as March 12, the Orthodox Church honors the Monk Procopius the Decapolite, therefore, people with this name also have name days.
Citizens who were born on this day are endowed with such character traits as discretion, charisma, solidity in everything and the ability to see the essence of things.
March 12th - Prison Workers' Holiday
In Russia, this day is considered a professional holiday for specialists working in the penal 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 enforcement of sentences in our state.
People working in the penitentiary system celebrate a professional holiday throughout the country. On this day various ceremonial concerts and events are dedicated to them. Presentation of state and departmental awards to distinguished employees, congratulations of veterans are held. Also on March 12, they recall with sorrow the employees of the penitentiary system who died in the line of duty.
Famous people born on this day
Who was born on March 12 from celebrities? Many famous people can be mentioned. March 12 were born:
- world famous academician, public figure and thinker, naturalist Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky;
- famous German director, producer and film actor Alfred Abel;
- Georgian opera singer Zurab Sotkilava;
- playwright, comedian, screenwriter, TV host and actor Grigory Gorin;
- Soviet director Andrei Smirnov;
- Los Angeles actress and singer Lisa Minnelli;
- Armenian jazz pianist and composer David Azaryan;
- Soviet and Russian singer Irina Ponarovskaya;
- Russian actor Sergey Selin;
- Russian actress Tatyana Lutaeva;
- Russian choreographer and actor Yegor Druzhinin;
- Russian actress Natalia Antonova;
- Russian actor Kirill Ivanchenko;
- Russian pop singer Alexei Chumakov.
Significant events of this day
March 12 in the history of Russia was marked by the following events:
- 1714: Peter the first issues a decree on the creation of digital schools for instruction;
- 1770: creation of the English congregation in St. Petersburg;
- 1798: a decree is issued according to which Old Believers can build churches in all dioceses;
- 1854: France, Turkey, and Great Britain concluded the Constantinople Union Treaty against Russia;
- 1896: using the device invented by A. Popov , the world's first radiogram was sent;
- 1899: the first international hockey tournament held in our country, held in St. Petersburg;
- 1917: 20 thousandth demonstration of representatives of the Ukrainian public under national flags, held in St. Petersburg;
- 1917: the February Revolution took place in Russia;
- 1918: Moscow becomes the capital of the USSR;
- 1922: the Union of Republics of Transcaucasia is created;
- 1922: Chechnya declares its independence from the USSR;
- 1940: Soviet-Finnish War of 1939-1940 ends with the signing of a peace treaty between Finland and the USSR;
- 1951: Armed forces of the USSR adopt the Law on the Protection of the World.
And what March 12 events took place in the world?
- 1609: Bermuda becomes a colony of Great Britain;
- 1881: Tunisia becomes the protector of France;
- 1904: the first branch of electric trains in Britain was launched;
- 1912: Boy Scout Movement founded in the USA;
- 1968: Independence Day of the African Republic of Mauritius;
- 1974: on this day, the spacecraft automatically landed for the first time on the planet Mars;
- 1999: Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland join NATO.
Folk calendar
On March 12, according to the popular calendar, they recall the confessor Procopius Decapolitus, who lived in the 8th century. It was believed that from this day on, spring comes into its own, snow begins to melt, winter roads become sour 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 home. The weak drops foreshadowed for hunters a successful hunt for hares.
Holidays celebrated on this day abroad
March 12th, China and Taiwan celebrate an official holiday - Arbor Dey. 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 on planting green spaces, as he conducted propaganda of greening the territory of the state.