February 24, or First Lotteries and Cow Day
Zodiac Sign Pisces
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Pisces, February 24. Sacrifice is the main theme of people born on this day.
Their willingness to sacrifice themselves manifests itself in various ways. They often sacrifice their own interests for a cause, a public good, or the ordinary wishes of friends and family.
Usually they themselves require great sacrifices from others, especially from loved ones.
However, the theme of sacrifice can sometimes be repeated in a more abstract, philosophical theme, where sacrifice is the acceptance of life as it is, the so-called sacrifice by one's own egoism.
Then, at best, those born on February 24 are selfless and work exclusively for the benefit of others.
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Pisces men born on February 24: Steve Jobs, Billy Zane, Edward James Olmos.
- can boast the following properties:
- sacrificial,
- generous,
- devoted,
- compassionate.
- Pisces men are idealists and dreamers, they are light and comfortable people in communication.
- Politeness and tact do not allow men of this sign to show open aggression, which is often their problem.
- Pisces men fall in love easily and find it difficult to build strong harmonious relationships.
- The main problems in love are associated with striving for an unattainable ideal and building relationships with those who have a much brighter temperament.
Pisces women born on February 24: Kristin Davis, Priscilla Chan, Jayalalithaa.
- have the following nature differences:
- compassionate,
- gentle,
- impressionable.
- Pisces women are charming, delicate and mysterious young ladies who attract men with their vulnerability and defenselessness.
- Their femininity and weakness are their main trump cards, creating an atmosphere of mystery around them.
- Her location is not easy to achieve, and it is her reason that sometimes makes her not go on about emotions.
- The strongest traits of Pisces women are femininity and the ability to properly manage their trademark features - fragility and softness.
The first of the known lotteries took place in Belgium
February 24, 1466
According to historians and linguists, the word "lottery" came from the Frankish "hlot", which means "lot". Then it was reduced and turned into an English "lot", which means "share". Special bones for casting lots were found in ancient Assyrian and ancient Egyptian burials.
In Europe, the official history of lotteries began with the drawing, which was arranged in Bruges (Belgium) by the widow of the artist Jan Van Eyck on February 24, 1466, on the 25th anniversary of the death of her husband. Anyone who bought a ticket could try to get happiness. The collection was intended for the urban poor.
Between 1520 and 1532, the French king Francis I permitted the holding of lotteries in several cities in order to obtain personal and public revenues.
The first known large-scale lottery, where the prize was paid in cash, is the so-called "De Lotto de Firenze", which was held in Florence in 1530. Its success was so great that this practice quickly spread to other cities in Italy. After the unification of Italy, the first national lottery was organized in 1863, with regular (once a week) rallies. The purpose of the lottery was to collect money for the state.
Almost simultaneously with the advent of lotteries, abuses began, and the rallies themselves were often an ordinary fraud.
But, of course, there were positive moments in holding lotteries. Revenues from them often went for the benefit of the state.
In Britain, with money from the device of lotteries, such projects as the construction of the British Museum and the repair of bridges were partially or fully funded.
In America, through a lottery, conducted by George Washington, a road was built across the Cumberland mountain district.
And in Sydney, due to taxes on gambling, an opera house was built.
Conducting lotteries in different countries and at different times it was forbidden, it was allowed. Thus, in the United States in 1890, President Harrison, together with the congress, condemned the lotteries as "fraudulent and immoral". However, as soon as any state had a need for urgent replenishment of the treasury, the lotteries were again allowed.
Holidays
Veles day
And while the prophetic magicians worked on charms and brought them to specially designated places (temples) to bring in a well-brought down cow oil, narrators (whose patron, by the way, was also Velez) told the following story: “Mid-winter. All nature in an icy dream. And only lonely Velez Korovich, playing on his magic pipe, walks through cities and villages and do not let people feel sad. Madden-Winter is angry on Veles, flooding him with a bitter cold, and “cow death” on cattle, but she cannot overcome. ”
On the Day of Velez, people began the morning by sprinkling cattle with water, saying: “Velez, The God of Cattle! Give happiness to get smooth heifers, fat gobies: so that they go from the yard with a play, and go from the field with a gallop, and the young wifes drank strong honey, so that“ cows were gentle ”and then beat their husbands with their bottoms (flax spinning board) so that the "oxen would be obedient."
Also on February 24...
1582 - Pope Gregory XIII issued a rule about switching to a new, astronomically more faithful calendar. This calendar was called the “Gregorian” in contrast to the former, “Julian”, introduced as early as 45 BC by Julius Caesar.
1719 - The Kunstkamera, the first Russian museum, was established in St. Petersburg.
1786 - Wilhelm Grimm, storyteller was born. It was William who was engaged in the literary processing of fairy tales and legends collected by the brothers, the most famous of which are “Puss in Boots”, “Bremen Musicians”.
1839 - William Otis receives a patent for a steam excavator.
1852 - Gogol burned the second volume of Dead Souls.
1932 - Michelle Legrand was born, composer, jazz pianist and conductor, creator of the Cherub Umbrellas film musical.
1938 - A toothbrush with artificial synthetic nylon fiber instead of natural bristle appeared on sale in Arlington (New Jersey, USA).
1942 - Voice of America radio station begins operation.
1955 - Steve Jobs, American engineer and entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc. was born.
1961 - the grand opening of Orly Airport in Paris.
1966 - Billy Zane, American actor (“Titanic”, “Cleopatra”, “Sniper”, “Dead pool”) was born.
1972 - an accident on the Soviet atomic submarine K-19. The K-19 is a nuclear submarine of Project 658 with ballistic nuclear missiles, the first Soviet atomic bomber. For numerous accidents the boat had the nickname “Hiroshima” in the fleet.
1979 - at the auction in Texas set a world record price paid for a pig - 42,500 dollars.
1988 - opera genius Luciano Pavarotti sang the role of Nemorino in Donizetti's opera “Love Drink” at the Berlin Opera in Berlin. After the performance, he was called onto the stage 165 times and applauded for 1 hour and 7 minutes.
1991 - the Persian Gulf War: multinational troops, led by NATO, launched a ground offensive in Iraq and Kuwait.
2004 - Vitaly Kaloev killed air traffic controller Peter Nielsen, whom he considered guilty of a plane crash over Lake Constance.
2006 - Octavia Estelle Butler (b. 1947), American science fiction writer, died.
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