Today, on July 18, everyone can join the event dedicated to one of the most favorite entertainments of teenagers in the first half of the 90s - Tetris's birthday, UNN writes.
Tetris is a puzzle game built on the basis of tetraminoes: geometric shapes consisting of four squares.
It was on July 18, 1985, that the electronic version of this computer game, which was released in June 1984, was presented.
There are more than a hundred versions of Tetris. According to some studies, Tetris is effective in combating drug addiction and overeating.
Since 2009, the UN has been celebrating the International Day of Nelson Mandela, a famous politician, public figure and fighter against apartheid, who was born on July 18, 1918, in the family of a member of the Temba Royal Council.
At birth, Mandela was given the name Rolihlahla. At school, his missionary teachers began calling him Nelson, in honor of the prominent English admiral Horatio Nelson.
In 1944, Mandela became a member of the African National Congress and one of the co-founders of the ANC Youth League.
In 1963, Mandela was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment for participating in protests against the apartheid policy that was then being implemented in South Africa.
In the early 80s, a powerful campaign “Free Nelson Mandela” was launched. On February 11, then-President of South Africa Frederik de Klerk ordered the release of Nelson Mandela.
In 1993, Mandela received the Nobel Peace Prize, and on May 10, 1994, he was sworn in as the first black president of the Republic of South Africa.
After Mandela left the presidency in 1999, he was active in public life.
He died on December 5, 2013 at the age of 96.
According to the church calendar, today is the Day of Remembrance of the Holy Martyrs James and Emilian.
Jaquintus served at the court of Emperor Trajan and secretly professed Christianity. For refusing to sacrifice to the pagan gods, Iaquintus was imprisoned and starved to death.
Emilian lived in the time of Emperor Julian the Apostate, was a preacher and theologian. When the emperor intensified the persecution of Christians. Emilian was captured, tortured for a long time, and then executed.
On July 18, Yakiv, Omelyan, and Ivan celebrate their name days.