Today, April 3rd, is the birthday of the mobile phone. Believers honor the memory of St. Cyril. There are 272 days left before the New Year.
April 3, 2023 – Monday. 404th day of the war in Ukraine.
What is today, April 3, a church holiday
April 3rd in the church calendar Memorial Day of St. Cyril. Believers know him as a disciple of the Apostle Peter, who ordained him bishop of Sicily. Cyril became famous as a charitable person, he led many people to faith, he always comforted those in need, performed many miracles.
The saint died at a ripe old age. They buried him on the island, and his relics still have healing power.
What is forbidden to do on this day
- Do not water indoor flowers, so as not to provoke quarrels.
- Do not wash clothes, because you can disturb the merman.
- Don’t gossip, don’t be jealous, and don’t be lazy.
Folk signs and traditions on April 3
Among our ancestors there were many interesting signs on this day:
- they looked at what day it was: to hear the thunder for the harvest year;
- a lot of birch sap – there will be a lot of rain in the summer;
- blue clouds – for warm but rainy weather.
On April 3, they tried to sprinkle the ground with water from a well, because they believed that this way a good harvest could be ensured. They also washed themselves with this water to protect themselves from diseases, the evil eye.
Weather on April 3
Today, April 3, it is cloudy in Kyiv, light rain is possible at night, and then the whole day without precipitation. In Lviv it is cloudy, without precipitation. Cloudy in Kharkiv, clearings are possible in the evening, light rain at night and in the afternoon, which will end in the evening. In Odessa it will be cloudy with clearings, rain during the day, which will subside until the evening.
The air temperature in Kyiv is +6 during the day and +3 at night. In Lviv +2 during the day and -1 at night. In Kharkov +11 during the day and +6 at night. In Odessa +10 during the day and +7 at night.
Memorable dates April 3
Calendar of important events in Ukraine and the world for April 3:
- 1043 – Edward the Confessor was crowned to the English throne;
- 1502 – the fourth expedition of Christopher Columbus begins to the shores of America;
- 1559 – Cato-Cambresian peace is signed, ending the Italian wars of 1494-1559;
- 1789 – the ship “Bounty”, led by Captain William Bligh, leaves Tahiti and heads east to America;
- 1863 – the first naval medals are awarded in the United States;
- 1879 – in the Bulgarian city of Tarnovo, the Great National Assembly is convened, at which the city of Sofia was elected the capital of the state, which at that time had only 3,000 houses and 12,000 inhabitants;
- 1885 – Gottlieb Daimler receives a German patent for a high-speed gasoline four-stroke “Standuhr” engine;
- 1907 – create the University of Saskatchewan (Canada);
- 1910 – the first ascent of the highest peak in North America, McKinley (6193 m) in Alaska, was made;
- 1913 – British suffragist leader Emmeline Pankhurst is charged with inciting arson and sentenced to three years in prison;
- 1918 – World War I: French Marshal Ferdinand Foch is appointed commander-in-chief of the Entente troops on the western front;
- 1933 – in Kherson, the Ukrainian surgeon Yuri Vorony performs the world’s first clinical kidney transplant (a 26-year-old woman was transplanted the organ of a 60-year-old deceased man);
- 1933 – the first plane will fly over Everest;
- 1948 – US President Harry Truman approves the Cash Assistance Act – known as the “Marshall Plan”;
- 1973 – Pavel Tychyna Literary Prize founded;
- 1973 – First cell phone call: Motorola’s Martin Cooper recruits competitors from Bell Labs;
- 1981 – the first issue of the Polish independent trade union publication Solidarity Weekly is published;
- 1987 – smoking was banned in the headquarters of the World Health Organization;
- 1990 – for the first time in the regional center of Ukraine, a blue-yellow flag was officially raised over the Lviv City Hall, previously consecrated in the Greek Catholic Cathedral of St. George;
- 1999 – NATO forces launch the first air strike on the Yugoslav capital of Belgrade;
- 2007 – French high-speed train “TGV” sets a new world speed record for a passenger train: 574.8 km/h.
Name days: how to name a child born on April 3
What are the birthdays today? Anton, Benedict, Athanasius, Thomas, Jacob, Kirill, Philemon, Fedor.
The talisman of a person born on April 3 is lapis lazuli. Beautiful blue fireplace, known from ancient times. Its modern name appeared in the Middle Ages. It was believed that lapis lazuli softens the course of the disease, as the doctor Avicenna wrote about.
Born on this day:
- 1918 – Ukrainian writer Oles Gonchar;
- 1924 – Ukrainian legal scholar, academician, founder of the Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine Fyodor Burchak;
- 1941 – Ukrainian singer and soloist (baritone) Grigory Garkusha;
- 1961 – Ukrainian politician Oleksiy Kucherenko;
- 1987 – Ukrainian amateur boxer Ivan Senai.
What day is it today in Ukraine and the world
April 3 is celebrated in Ukraine and the world Children’s Yoga Day. A young and rather interesting holiday created in 2016. During yoga, the whole body works, and the psychological state also improves. The main purpose of the day is to raise public awareness of the positive impact of yoga on the children’s body and to involve the younger generation in yoga.
April 3 is also celebrated coffee shop birthday. It was on this day in 1829 that James Carrington received a patent for a manual coffee grinder. Thanks to the device for grinding coffee beans, the process of preparing coffee is greatly simplified and accelerated. And the taste of a popular drink also depends on the degree of grinding.
Also April 3rd mobile phone birthday. In 1973, Martin Cooper showed the world the first mobile phone and made the first mobile call. Without this gadget it is difficult to imagine the life of a modern person. Thanks to its portability, it helps you to chat with anyone at any time. Over time, the mobile phone has evolved into a smartphone, which already performs many more functions.
April 3 Tweed Day. Tweed is called such an elastic fabric, which is made of wool and is very soft to the touch. It originated in Scotland and Ireland in the 18th century. Initially, tweed was popular only among farmers, but already in the 19th century it became fashionable among aristocrats. The first fashion designer who used tweed in her shows and made clothes from it fashionable was Coco Chanel.
April 3 is also celebrated barcode birthday. It was on this day in 1973 that IBM showed the world the development of the bar code. It was co-created by Norman Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver. A barcode is a graphical information applied to a necessary item to identify the product.
Also April 3rd world party day. The event was created back in 1996, and was inspired by the novel by Vanna Bont called “Flight”. The book tells a fantasy story with a countdown, according to which the novel ends in the year 2000 on April 3rd. Then the planet celebrates a large-scale holiday for the unity of mankind.
April 3 is celebrated and World Aquatic Animal Day. This annual event is dedicated exclusively to aquatic animals. The main purpose of the day is to disseminate information about those wild animals living in or near water.
