Photographer’s Day and Saints Peter and Paul Day are celebrated on this date.
Folk customs and omens of July 12 / UNIAN collage, photo ua.depositphotos.com
Holiday on July 12 – Photographer’s Day, Saints Peter and Paul Day, World Roast Meat Day, Going with the Flow Day, World Civil Aviation Flight Attendant Day, International Handball Week, Colorful Eyes Day, Paper Bag Day, New Conversation Day.
July 12 is the 193rd day of the year (194th in leap years) according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 172 days left until the end of the year.
What a holiday today in the world and in Ukraine
On this day, July 12, the holiday is celebrated in many countries. We suggest you find out what celebrations are being celebrated today:
- Pecan Pie Day, Car Collector Thanksgiving, French Fries Day, Simplicity Day, Eat Your Jelly Day – USA.
- Aboriginal Day – Australia.
- “Bull’s Blood” Wine Festival – Hungary.
- Hijab and Chastity Day – Iran.
- Fjord Day – Norway, Denmark.
- Lawyer’s Day – Mexico.
As for what holiday is today in Ukraine, our country does not celebrate any celebrations.
Important events in the history of July 12
- 1679 – the English king Charles II issued an act guaranteeing the judicial rights of citizens.
- 1776 – James Cook set off from Plymouth on his last expedition.
- 1804 – the world’s first exclusively scientific balloon trip took place in St. Petersburg.
- 1862 – the highest military award of the USA – the Medal of Honor – was established.
- 1901 – an attempt to legislate dueling in the German Reichstag failed.
- 1917 – during the First World War, the military poison mustard was used for the first time in the world.
- 1931 – a monument to the musketeer d’Artagnan was opened in France.
- 1933 – The US Congress established the minimum wage – 33 cents per hour.
- 1950 – Czechoslovakia passed a law according to which all persons who expressed dissatisfaction with the people’s democratic system were to be sent to labor camps.
- 1962 – The Rolling Stones gave their first concert in one of the London clubs.
- 2003 – in California, a court ordered a Taiwanese company producing caramel to pay 50 million dollars to the parents of a child who choked on candy and died from it.
- 2009 – Dalia Hrybauskaitė became the President of Lithuania for the first time.
- 2021 – floods began in Europe, killing more than 190 people, including more than 150 people in Germany.
What a church holiday today
On July 12, Orthodox Christians who switched to the new OCU calendar celebrate the day of memory of martyrs Proclus and Hilary, martyrs Theodore the Varangian and his son John. According to the old style, believers meet the day of Peter and Paul.
What a holiday today – what can’t be done on July 12
Signs indicate that on Petrivka (so called the holiday of July 12) you need to pray to Saints Peter and Paul for the protection of fishermen, as well as for a good catch. In the old days, fairs and folk festivities were held on July 12. Now, only the need to see relatives remains from the traditions, and the godfather and mother must visit their godchildren.
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Folk omens regarding the weather on July 12:
- a clear day – the weather will be good all year;
- it’s raining – the weather will be the same for another 40 days;
- big dew in the morning – the day will be hot.
On this date, Christians are forbidden to curse and slander, nor can you be offended. It is better for women not to do needlework, not to sew or knit anything, otherwise you will bring trouble to the family.
