January 7, or Orthodox Christmas and Discovering of the Jupiter Satellites
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
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Capricorn, January 7. Those born on this day often show quite a conscious interest in unusual events. Obviously, this is due to the fact that they themselves, as a rule, are very extraordinary personalities.
Much more than others, these people are characterized by an idiosyncratic approach to everyday life.
Whether because of their inherent irony, or thanks to a deep penetration into the essence of objects and human characters, or simply with the help of their ability to observe the world around them with an open mind, those born on January 7 can see many things that are inaccessible to the views of others.
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Capricorn men born on January 7: Nicolas Cage, Jeremy Renner, Michael Sam.
- possess the following distinctive features:
- shy,
- restrained,
- with a sense of humor,
- hardworking.
- Representatives of the strong half of humanity - by nature have logical thinking,
- demonstrate a combination of a pronounced temperament and critical thinking at the same time.
- Irony is inherent in these people, they always try to penetrate deeply into the essence of things,
- strive to closely observe the events taking place in the world,
- follow the trends in the development of fashion, technology and other innovations.
- This person cannot be called an optimist, as well as a pessimist; rather, he is a realist, who knows his own worth and understands much of what is happening around him, is happening in this world.
Capricorn women born on January 7: Blue Ivy Carter, Lauren Cohan, Lyndsy Fonseca.
- characterized by such facets of temperament:
- solid,
- loyal,
- realistic.
- Women of this sign have more developed intuition.
- For these people, it is not difficult to gain admiration for themselves and the respect of others, while they practically do not sacrifice anything for this, completely preserving not only their independence, but also the secret of their personal life.
- Women are easy-going,
- friend,
- consistent.
- These people from the outside may seem insecure, which is not fully consistent with reality.
- Their character, however, is quite firm and decisive, they are self-confident people with a certain level of ambition in life.
Main event
Galileo Galilei discovered the satellites of Jupiter
January 7, 1610
January 7, 1610
Thanks to his discovery, which he described in the work "The Star Herald," Galileo soon becomes the most famous scientist in Europe. The book had a sensational success, even the crowned people rushed to acquire a telescope. Galileo presented several telescopes to the Venetian Senate, who, as a token of gratitude, appointed him a lifelong professor with a salary of 1,000 florins.
The German astronomer Simon Marius (1573-1624) simultaneously and independently of Galileo discovered all four moons of Jupiter (1610), and gave them the names of Io, Europe, Ganymede and Callisto.
History made that Galileo is considered the pioneer of satellites, behind which the names given by Marius were fixed.
Holidays
Christmas at the Orthodox
By the way, it was precisely on January 7, 1502 that Pope Gregory XIII was born, who implemented the “calendar” reform at the end of the XVI century.
On January 7, Christmas is celebrated by Orthodox and Greek Catholics in Ukraine, the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt, believers of Orthodox churches in Russia, Belarus, Georgia, Serbia, Macedonia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
The true birth date of Christ is unknown. The Holy Scripture does not indicate the day or year when Christ was born. The year calculus, which was the basis of our era, was made in 525 by a Roman monk, papal archivist Dionysius the Small, who was guided by the data of the ''Chronographic collection'' of 354 years. In later studies, it was discovered that Christ was born 5 or 6 years earlier.
The decision to celebrate the Nativity of Christ on December 25 was taken at the Ephesus Church Council in 431. Further, this holiday was introduced in Constantinople.
An integral attribute of the Christmas celebration are carols, in which the newborn Christ is glorified. Carol singer go from house to house, announcing the news - the birth of God's Son.
All the temples made a special Christmas Liturgy.
And it is customary to arrange a nativity scene at Christmas. This is one of the main symbols of the holiday - a pastoral composition depicting the Holy Family and the scene of the worship of the Magi to the newborn Jesus.
From this day begins the Holy Evenings (Svyatki). Christmas time continues from January 7 to 14, they were called “holy evenings”, from January 14 to 19 - “scary evenings”.
In the old days it was thought:
- It is not good if the first, who enters the hut on Christmas is a woman ( not from family) - the women in the hut will be ill all year.
- During lunch at Christmas you can not drink - you will often drink at the hay.
- For the sake of a large offspring, the lambs were placed on the fur coat of the first guest, who came to "praise" on Christmas Day.
- Snow at Christmas - to the harvest year.
Also on January 7...
1785 - Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries in a balloon flew from English Dover to French Calais.
1852 - the first Christmas tree is dressed up in St. Petersburg. The tradition of decorating conifers with toys, treats and candles for Christmas and lighting fireworks was brought to Russia from Germany by Peter I.
1876 - The world's first artificial ice rink was opened in London. The British took it with enthusiasm, but only a day later they found that the skates had risen in price twice, although the skates were only runners on laces.
1887 - American Thomas Stevens from San Francisco completed the first world tour on a bicycle. Having started the journey in April 1884, the daredevil traveled 13,500 miles.
1904 - Marconi company installed a radio signal - a call for help: CQD. Two years later, he was replaced by SOS.
1925 - Gerald Durrell was born, English zoologist, traveler and writer (d. 1995).
1927 - the first transatlantic telephone connection was established between New York and London. The first to get in touch were the president of the American company AT & T and the British Post Office. On the first day, 31 calls were made. For three minutes of the talking was paid $75. The first private conversation took place between journalists - the publishers of the New York Times and the London Times.
1964 - Nicolas Cage is born, American film actor, director and producer.
1929 - in New York, for the first time in the world, milk began to be sold in cardboard packages.
1929 - one of the first adventure comics - "Tarzan" was published.
1949 - The University of Southern California in Los Angeles announced the first photo of the genes.
1989 - the crown prince of Japan Akihito is proclaimed as a new emperor. In Japan, a new era has come Heisei (peaceful rule).
1992 - telephone company AT & T released the first videophone. It cost 1499 dollars.
2015 - Paris attack: two armed Islamic terrorists in masks attacked the editors of the satirical magazine ''Charlie Ebdo'' and killed 12 people. The next day, their accomplices again killed the innocent. Only two days later, the terrorists were surrounded by police and shot dead during the assault.
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