World Meteorological Day and Puppy Day
Kyiv • UNN
Today we celebrate the professional holiday of meteorologists, as well as Puppy Day, Atheist Day, Beautiful Sight Day, and OK Day. According to the church calendar, it is the day of remembrance of St. Nikon.
Today, March 23, meteorologists around the world celebrate their professional holiday. You can also join the celebration of Puppy Day, reports UNN.
World Meteorological Day
The event was established in honor of the establishment of the World Meteorological Organization on March 23, 1950.
Since ancient times, people have been looking for various ways to predict the weather. They have reached us in the form of folk omens. The term "meteorology" was introduced by the ancient Greek scientist and philosopher Aristotle.
For a long time, meteorology was a descriptive science. At the beginning of the 17th century, the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei constructed a thermoscope, which showed the change in temperature. The design of the device was quite primitive: it did not have a scale, and there were no units of measurement either. Despite this, the thermoscope became the prototype of modern thermometers. In 1643, Galileo's student Evangelista Torricelli made the first barometer.
Astronomer Edmond Halley developed a theory of regional wind systems based on the study of trade winds and monsoons.
In 1724, Gabriel Fahrenheit presented his temperature scale, and in 1742, the Anders Celsius scale appeared. In 1806, the Irish hydrographer Francis Beaufort proposed a scale for determining wind speed.
In 1817, the German geographer-naturalist Alexander von Humboldt published the first temperature map, and his research laid the foundation for a new science - climatology. Meteorological services began to be established in many countries.
The first weather forecast for the next day was published in 1861 in the British newspaper "Times". Its author was the head of the meteorological department, Vice Admiral Robert Fitzroy,
In 1963, the World Weather Service was created.
Extreme weather in 2024 led to the largest displacement of people19.03.25, 10:29 • 10174 views
Puppy Day
On March 23 every year, the USA celebrates a positive and good national holiday - Puppy Day. The event was created in 2006 by Colleen Paige, a pet care specialist.
The purpose of this day is to draw attention to the care of puppies from shelters and those who do not have a home and a loving family. This day encourages you to choose a four-legged family member from a shelter. This day also draws attention to the terrible nurseries that exploit dogs for the constant birth of puppies.
Atheist Day
The term "atheism" first appeared in medieval Europe more than 400 years ago.
Nowadays, there are more than four thousand religions in the world, and almost each of them is associated with holidays and rituals.
Although atheists do not believe in God, they have also chosen a special day to create Atheist Day to honor freedom of thought and expression, which is an important aspect of atheism.
Beautiful Look Day
This event is primarily a professional day for specialists in eye and eyebrow beauty - those people who skillfully complete our look.
OK Day
This day is dedicated to the legacy of the word, which started as a joke, but has become the basis of communication around the world. On this day, it is worth remembering the importance of affirmation, positivity and the unifying power of language.
According to the church calendar, today is the day of remembrance of St. Nikon and his 199 disciples.
The man lived in the 3rd century, his father was a pagan, and his mother was a Christian.
Nikon served in the army, and once during a battle he was surrounded, began to pray and managed to survive.
After that, the man converted to Christianity, and later became a monk and preacher. He had many followers.
During the intensification of persecution of Christians, Nikon and his disciples were captured, tortured for a long time and cruelly, and then executed.
Nikon, Vasyl, and Lidia celebrate their name days on March 23.
