Friday, July 24, in Russia celebrated the Day of the florist and the Day of the cadastral engineer. This day is born French writer Alexander Dumas-father and died on the Russian artist Arkhip Kuindzhi.
The day before, July 23, how to write “Rambler”, was the world day of whales and dolphins and the Day of the cottager.
In the folk calendar of the Slavs, on 24 July (old style) – Saince, Boris and Gleb. Zazhynki, signifying the beginning of the harvest, was one of the oldest agricultural festivals.
July 24 was founded Detroit (1701 year), the Russian troops defeated the Swedes in the battle of Yuriev (1704), was launched mass production of instant coffee (1938), near Jerusalem, found the ruins of the biblical city (1960), the Soviet Union lifted restrictions on the sale of alcohol (1990).
24 Jul born French writer Alexander Dumas (1802), the Russian writer Nikolay Chernyshevsky (1828), Czech artist Alphonse Mucha (1860), actress Irina Miroshnichenko (1942), American singer Jennifer Lopez (1969), journalist Sergei BRILYOV (1972).
July 24, died the eighth U.S. President, Martin van Buren (1862), Russian painter Arkhip Kuindzhi (1910), American writer, Nobel prize laureate Isaac Bashevis-singer (1991), Director and screenwriter Igor Talankin (2010).
