April 20, or The First Detective Story and Chinese Language Day
Zodiac Sign Aries
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Aries, April 20. Aries born on this day are practical and talented artists, artisans, musicians and actors. Your approach to creativity is simple: how beautiful, functional and practical is what you do?
You may have a reputation for being a conservative, but there is a side hidden from prying eyes, where intuition and innovation rule.
A vivid imagination and a keen mind fill you with the desire to uncover the secrets of life.
However, you do not want to admit the existence of ghosts and fairies, unless you yourself see them. You believe in practical evidence, not abstract theory.
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Aries men born on April 20:
- can be proud of the following traits:
- positiveness,
- friendliness,
- sentimentality,
- dynamism.
- Aries is always in motion, creating around himself and his woman a special reality of passion, vivid emotions, dynamics and victories.
- He is comfortable only in a state of struggle and race for first place, and therefore he will always seek his beloved woman in competition with strong competitors.
Aries women born on April 20:
- are not like others with such properties:
- courage,
- strength,
- independence.
- By nature, the representatives of this sign are optimists, generous and wasteful natures who prefer impractical gifts - emotions are more important for them than material goods.
- An idealist, philosopher, Aries woman often says what she thinks, without fear of offending her interlocutor.
Main event
Published the first in the history of literature detective story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe
April 20, 1841
April 20, 1841
Edgar Allan Poe
Detective - a verbal narrative, based on the plot of which the conflict between good and evil, implemented in the disclosure of the crime. The mystery and crime are always present in the detective story, but in this genre all the mysterious is objective, "real".
April 20, 1841 in Philadelphia "Graham's Ladies' and Gentlemen's Magazine" was published the first in the history of literature detective story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" American writer Edgar Allan Poe.
The action takes place in Paris, where two women are brutally murdered on the street, and the main character is an eccentric private detective who conducts an investigation.
It is with this work that it is customary to start counting the development of the detective genre.
Further Poe wrote several stories in this genre - "The Mystery of Marie Roger", "The Stolen Letter" and others.
Poe's story was not only the first, but, as many critics still believe, is also the best detective.
The term "detective" appeared only a quarter of a century later, and the author himself called his novels "logical" or "stories about conclusions". They have an initial puzzle, which is revealed through a complex and mysterious process that combines intuitive logic, observation, and an insightful conclusion. Although before that time some authors used separate elements of the detective in their works, but it was Poe who managed to combine all these influences in his work: five novellas from his extensive heritage developed all the fundamental principles, which were later followed by the authors of detective literature.
The writer has created not only a new genre, but his main scheme is a "mystery-investigation-explanation", and his main subjects, which are still used in detective literature. This is a household disassembly, and a killer maniac, blackmail, and "spy games." Also Poe invented the classic techniques of detectives, such as - "duckweed", tossing evidence, double play, false track ...
Talented Edgar Poe admired Baudelaire, Doyle, Chesterton, Balzac, Simenon, Dostoevsky, Balmont, Bryusov ... and all the true detective fans.
Millions of readers are reading the works of the detective genre today.
Holidays
Chinese Language Day
Today is the day of one of the most ancient and most complex languages in the world.
The Day of the Chinese language was established at the same time as the days of the other official languages of the UN, in 2010.
It was established in memory of Tsang Jie - the founder of Chinese writing. According to legend, he was the court historian of the mythical emperor Huang Di and developed a set of pictograms, which later became the basis for hieroglyphs. This allowed to abandon the knotted writing.
Written Chinese is considered one of the most difficult in the world. To express all his wealth, about 80 000 hieroglyphs are used. However, even the Chinese do not use them all - for everyday use, there is enough “only” 3-5 000 characters.
And by the way, Chinese keyboards do not exist: hieroglyphs are introduced by pinyin.
Chinese is one of the most ancient languages on the planet. It is the official language of China, Taiwan and Singapore. In some US states, in particular, in New York, all official documents are necessarily translated into Chinese. In the world it is spoken by over 1.3 billion people. A huge number of native speakers was the reason for including Chinese among the six official and working languages of the UN.
Every year in the UN secretariat, events are held devoted to the days of languages. On the Day of the Chinese language traditionally held exhibitions of works of art performed by masters of the Middle Kingdom, as well as concerts and demonstration performances of martial arts schools.
Also on April 20...
1860 - Charles Gordon Curtis, American inventor, who created the steam turbine, was born.
1865 - the appearance of safe matches was first announced.
1866 - the publication of “Reflexes of the brain”, the book of Sechenov was suspended because of: “The Propaganda of Materialism”.
1902 - An exhibition of contemporary art opened in Paris, giving the name to the style of "Art Nouveau".
1935 - due to the efforts of journalist Warren Hill, the host of the show "Your Lucky Strike Hit Parade", the first hit-parade in the world appeared on American radio.
1949 - Jessica Lange, American film actress, winner of two Oscars (''Tootsie'', ''Cape Fear'', ''King Kong'', ''All This Jazz'', ''The Postman Always Rings Twice'') was born.
1964 - Andy Serkis was born, an English actor. Known primarily for the role of Gollum in the movie "The Lord of the Rings" (2001 - 2003), where his movements and voice were used to create a computer character.
1968 - ''Deep Purple'' (composed of John Lord, Richie Blackmore, Ian Pace, Rod Evans and Nick Semper) performed their first concert in the Danish town of Tastrup. Before the concert, the name of the new group was invented: according to legend, this was the name of Blackmore's favorite grandmother's song.
1972 - Carmen Electra, American model, TV star, actress, singer, dancer was born.
1993 - the group ''Backstreet Boys'' was formed.
1996 - ''Calatrava'', 1939 Patek Philip watches, are sold at the Antiquorum auction in Geneva, Switzerland for $ 1.78 million. This is the biggest price for a wristwatch.
2001 - For the first time in the history of British pop music, the ''Beatles'' member Paul McCartney became a billionaire.
2010 - the explosion of the oil platform Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of the United States, which grew into a man-made disaster.
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