June 12, or Gas Mask, Child Labor and Snakes Day
Zodiac Sign Gemini
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Gemini, June 12. Those born on this day, as a rule, go through life convinced that it is beautiful. They rarely experience defeatism, even under the darkest of circumstances.
However, an inner life full of anxiety and excitement can lurk behind the external cheerfulness.
Often carried away by problems of a universal scale, they spend too much energy on their solution, diverting it from solving urgent problems.
In this sense, they need to be especially careful and make sure that unresolved personal problems do not negatively affect the results of their life activity.
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Gemini men born on June 12:
- can be proud of the following qualities:
- lively,
- unpredictable,
- witty.
- To conquer such a man, you need to give up hackneyed phrases, show your intelligence and out-of-the-box thinking.
- Gemini men value in women, first of all, brains and a sense of humor.
Gemini women born on June 12:
- endowed with such facets of temperament:
- inventive,
- logical,
- young.
- Games are Gemini's favorite pastime.
- They adore experimentation and risk falling madly in love with someone who can seriously surprise and conquer - not by impudence and primitive courtship, but by graceful and non-standard moves.
American inventor Lewis Haslett patented a gas mask
May 12, 1849
May 12, 1849
The gas mask of the First World War
June 12, 1849, the US Patent Office issued Lewis Haslett the first patent for the device gas mask. The invention was called "Pulmonary Protector" and consisted of a unit with inhalation and exhalation valves and a felt filter, connected directly or through a tube to this unit. The latter could be attached to the nose or to the mouth.
Active work on improving the protection of human respiratory organs began during the First World War, when in April 1915 on the German-French front the Germans conducted the first gas attack.
The second attack was organized on the Eastern Front against the Russian troops. At that time, for protection from gases, the soldiers were given gauze masks impregnated with a special solution. However, they proved to be an unreliable remedy.
Then the outstanding Russian chemist Nikolai Zelinsky came up with the idea of using coal to protect against gases. Through experimental research, he managed to establish that the toxic substances reliably absorbed the thermally treated birch charcoal.
On the basis of his conclusions, engineer Kummant created a mask of rubber that tightly fitted his face and provided the flow of air for breathing through the filter element.
It took four months to make such a gas mask. In 1916, the first batch of gas masks was sent to the army. During the First World War, they produced about 11 million.
The World Day Against Child Labor is established by the International Labor Organization (ILO) and is celebrated annually on June 12th. The idea of introducing a new date into the calendar arose after the conference on combating the worst forms of child labor in 1997.
According to the latest data, the number of working children in the world is 215 million, and 115 million of them work in dangerous conditions. Many of them have practically no time to go to school, much less play, often they do not receive adequate nutrition and care.
ILO member States have set themselves the goal of eliminating the worst forms of child labor by 2016. To achieve it will require both the expansion of the scope of activities and the strengthening of political will.
It should also be noted that every year World Day to Combat Child Labor is devoted to a specific topic.
According to the folks calendar today is the Snake's holiday. Our ancestors believed that on this day "the snakes are gathering, going as a train to the snake's wedding." It was very dangerous to kill reptiles in a multitude of crawling through the forests: snake congeners will cruelly revenge anyone who harms them. And not one healer can save from snake's poison this holiday. People said: "Do not go to the grass on this day, do not disturb the forest thicket, do not teasing fate."
1815 - thanks to the intrigue of the banker Nathan Rothschild, the London newspaper ''Morning Chronicle'' reported the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo a few days before the battle. Rothschild, having played with a panic, bought up a lot of shares and got terribly rich, making his name a common name.
1897 - Karl Elzener, owner of a company manufacturing surgical equipment, patented the famous Swiss Army Knife.
1920 - the official opening of the Panama Canal (the first ship passed through the canal in August 1914).
1961 - Mayor of Mobile (Alabama, USA) addressed a unique request to men: grow beards before a parade in honor of the upcoming 250th anniversary of the city.
1965 - In England, the members of the ''Beatles'' group were awarded the Order of the British Empire "for outstanding achievements in the field of culture" and "contribution to the export of national products." The presentation of the awards took place in October of the same year.
1963 - In New York, the premiere of the film "Cleopatra" with Elizabeth Taylor in the title role.
1966 - successful operation of the world's first trolleybus train began in Kiev, inventor Vladimir Veklich.
1967 - the spacecraft Venera-4 was launched, the first in the world to transmit data about the atmosphere of another planet.
1972 - ''DC-10'' incident over Winsor.
1972 - Karl Ludwig von Bertalanffy (b. 1901), an Austrian biologist, the founder of the concept called "General Systems Theory" died.
1994 - Menachem Schneerson (b. 1902), rabbi, revered as a messiah by his followers, died.
2008 - Irish residents rejected the Lisbon Treaty in a referendum - a lightweight version of the European Constitution.
2009 - All US television stations switch from analogue to digital broadcasting.
2013 - Jiroemon Kimura (b. 1897) died in the hospital of pneumonia at the age of 116 years and 54 days, having 7 children, 14 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren. At the time of death, he remained the last verified male born in the nineteenth century. Since April 19, 2013 he was the first and so far the only one ever lived men, whose reliably established age exceeded 116 years. From April 15, 2011 until his death, he was the oldest living man, and from December 17, 2012 - the oldest living person in the world.
2018 - the first ever summit meeting of the leaders of China and USA took place.
Holidays
World Day Against Child Labor
The World Day Against Child Labor is established by the International Labor Organization (ILO) and is celebrated annually on June 12th. The idea of introducing a new date into the calendar arose after the conference on combating the worst forms of child labor in 1997.
According to the latest data, the number of working children in the world is 215 million, and 115 million of them work in dangerous conditions. Many of them have practically no time to go to school, much less play, often they do not receive adequate nutrition and care.
ILO member States have set themselves the goal of eliminating the worst forms of child labor by 2016. To achieve it will require both the expansion of the scope of activities and the strengthening of political will.
It should also be noted that every year World Day to Combat Child Labor is devoted to a specific topic.
In Folks Calendar
Snake's holiday
According to the folks calendar today is the Snake's holiday. Our ancestors believed that on this day "the snakes are gathering, going as a train to the snake's wedding." It was very dangerous to kill reptiles in a multitude of crawling through the forests: snake congeners will cruelly revenge anyone who harms them. And not one healer can save from snake's poison this holiday. People said: "Do not go to the grass on this day, do not disturb the forest thicket, do not teasing fate."
Also on June 12...
1897 - Karl Elzener, owner of a company manufacturing surgical equipment, patented the famous Swiss Army Knife.
1920 - the official opening of the Panama Canal (the first ship passed through the canal in August 1914).
1961 - Mayor of Mobile (Alabama, USA) addressed a unique request to men: grow beards before a parade in honor of the upcoming 250th anniversary of the city.
1965 - In England, the members of the ''Beatles'' group were awarded the Order of the British Empire "for outstanding achievements in the field of culture" and "contribution to the export of national products." The presentation of the awards took place in October of the same year.
1963 - In New York, the premiere of the film "Cleopatra" with Elizabeth Taylor in the title role.
1966 - successful operation of the world's first trolleybus train began in Kiev, inventor Vladimir Veklich.
1967 - the spacecraft Venera-4 was launched, the first in the world to transmit data about the atmosphere of another planet.
1972 - ''DC-10'' incident over Winsor.
1972 - Karl Ludwig von Bertalanffy (b. 1901), an Austrian biologist, the founder of the concept called "General Systems Theory" died.
1994 - Menachem Schneerson (b. 1902), rabbi, revered as a messiah by his followers, died.
2008 - Irish residents rejected the Lisbon Treaty in a referendum - a lightweight version of the European Constitution.
2009 - All US television stations switch from analogue to digital broadcasting.
2013 - Jiroemon Kimura (b. 1897) died in the hospital of pneumonia at the age of 116 years and 54 days, having 7 children, 14 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren. At the time of death, he remained the last verified male born in the nineteenth century. Since April 19, 2013 he was the first and so far the only one ever lived men, whose reliably established age exceeded 116 years. From April 15, 2011 until his death, he was the oldest living man, and from December 17, 2012 - the oldest living person in the world.
2018 - the first ever summit meeting of the leaders of China and USA took place.
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