July 11, or Chocolate and Artificial Pearls Day
Zodiac Sign Cancer
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Cancer, July 11. Born on this day - extremely socially active people, their interest extends to all the diversity of life.
Always ready to provide their own opinion on any issue, they pride themselves on their know-it-all.
Even the most secretive of them always have a narrow circle of friends and relatives to whom they can tell their thoughts. Those born on July 11 carefully guard their inner world from prying eyes. They love to keep secrets, then share their secrets with the elite. They always act in unison with what is said - be it gossip or rumor - at work or at home, it doesn't matter.
Even being highly qualified professionals, they willingly pick up any speculation, as they strive to be aware of what is happening. Thanks to this knowledge, they can manipulate what is happening, turning it to their advantage.
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Cancer men born on July 11:
- possess the following properties:
- nurturing,
- caring,
- popular,
- generous.
- Cancer men, for the most part, are prone to excessive exaggeration of life problems - their depression and negative attitude can greatly spoil the impression.
- Refined, restless and ambiguous, Cancers can look capricious and speculate on their sophistication and mystery.
- But at the same time, Cancer men are loyal and faithful, especially in matters of love - they can fanatically idealize the object of their adoration.
Cancer women born on July 11:
- endowed with the following properties:
- feminine,
- careful,
- affable.
Cancer women are divided into two types.
- The first is affectionate, shy and somewhat frigid women who amaze with their humility and readiness to cringe.
- The second, on the contrary, are bright, emotionally unstable, with high self-esteem.
Both types are suspicious, sensitive to criticism, prone to excessive drama, impressionable.
World Chocolate Day
The bronze statue, according to the press, is the first chocolate monument in the world. The monument was opened on July 1, 2009 and is located a few steps from the Chocolate Museum.
Every year on July 11, lovers of sweet celebrate World Chocolate Day. This delicious holiday was invented and first conducted by the French in 1995.
It is believed that the first to learn how to make chocolate is the Aztecs. They called it "the food of the gods." The Spanish conquistadors, who brought him to Europe for the first time, named the delicacy "black gold" and used to strengthen physical strength and endurance.
A little later, consumption of chocolate in Europe was limited only to aristocratic circles. Outstanding women considered chocolate an aphrodisiac. So, Mother Teresa had a passion for chocolate, and Mrs. Pompadour was sure that only chocolate can ignite the fire of passion.
Only at the beginning of the 20th century, with the advent of industrial production by chocolate, people who were not related to the aristocracy could enjoy themselves.
As established by modern science, chocolate has elements that promote rest and psychological recovery. Dark varieties of chocolate stimulate the release of endorphins - happiness hormones that affect the pleasure center, improve mood and maintain the tone of the body.
There is also a hypothesis that chocolate has an "anti-cancer" effect and can slow the aging process.
But that's what scientists are unanimous, so it's in denying the ability of chocolate to reduce body weight! It is well known that chocolate is rich in nutrients, including fats, and hence calories. However, they do not argue that this delicacy can improve the mood of the majority of the world's population.
On the Chocolate Day, in different countries are festivals and other events dedicated to this sweet holiday.
It is especially interesting to visit this day, factories or in the confectionery producing chocolate and its derivatives. It is here that all comers are told how and from what chocolate is prepared, conduct all sorts of competitions and tastings, exhibitions of chocolate products and even master classes where you can try yourself in the role of a chocolate maker.
July 11, 1987, the population of the Earth exceeded 5 billion people. And therefore, since 1989, on the recommendation of the UN, World Population Day has been celebrated on the 11th day of the second summer month.
Although the growth rate of the world population has declined since the 1990s, its population is still growing. For the year it increases by 81 million people.
On the 20th anniversary of the Day of Five Billion - July 11, 2007 - the world population was about 6.7 billion people, and by 2015 the total world population reached 7.3 billion. By 2030, the global economy will have to provide about 8.4 billion people with livelihoods.
With the exception of Europe, where the total population is expected to decline by just under 1% by 2030, in all other regions in the next 15 years a population growth of at least 10% is expected. Africa, which for a long time is the poorest and least developed continent, will account for more than 40% of the absolute population growth. By 2030, almost one fifth of the world's population will live in this region.
In 2015–2030, 2.1 billion children will be born worldwide, which is 2% more than the total number of children born in the previous 15-year period. About half of these children will be born in Asia.
1893 - Japanese businessmen Kokiti Mikimoto (1858–1954) took out a basket with the first instances of artificial pearls from the sea waters. Five years earlier, on the advice of one of the professors of Tokyo University, he lowered it into the sea, having previously filled it with bamboo cages with young mollusks, between the sash doors of which they introduced grains of sand. This technology was promptly introduced into production, and from the beginning of the 20th century, even if it was of lower quality, but cheaper artificial pearls began to force out natural ones from the market. Today, Akoya cultivated Japanese pearls are considered the benchmark for quality, as they have an inimitable luster.
1905 - international sportsball club was created.
1915 - born Yul Brynner, American theater and film actor.
1919 - an 8-hour working day is introduced in Holland.
1934 - Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer, was born.
1943 - the peak of the ''Volyn Massacre'', when the forces of the OUN-UPA simultaneously attacked, according to various sources, from 99 to more than 150 Polish settlements, with a total number of victims up to 100,000 people.
1959 - Richie Sambora, American virtuoso guitarist and songwriter of the rock band ''Bon Jovi'' was born.
1966 - Kentaro Miura, a Japanese mangaka, was born.
1971 - first production of the rock opera “Jesus Christ - Superstar” was performed in Pittsburgh
1974 - famous Chinese ''Terracotta Army'' was found.
1979 - ''Skylab'' orbital station was de-orbited and destroyed in dense layers of the atmosphere.
1985 - ''Playboy'' magazine published photos of naked pop star Madonna.
1991 - Hitoshi Igarashi, translator into Japanese of the novel “Satanic Poems,” written by a British citizen of Indian origin Salman Rushdie, was killed in Japan.
2001 - leading company in the production of instant photography - the American concern Polaroid declared bankruptcy. The fact is that the management of the company, founded in 1937, failed to respond in time to the appearance on the world market of digital cameras, which make it possible to take snapshots of much higher quality. In 2001, the concern's debt was $ 1 billion.
2003 - from now in France, instead of the generally accepted Anglicism, an ''e-mail'' will use the Canadian word ''courriel''. Such a decision in the struggle for the purity of the language was adopted by the state commission.
2006 - Microsoft discontinued technical support for the Windows 98 operating system.
World Population Day
Although the growth rate of the world population has declined since the 1990s, its population is still growing. For the year it increases by 81 million people.
On the 20th anniversary of the Day of Five Billion - July 11, 2007 - the world population was about 6.7 billion people, and by 2015 the total world population reached 7.3 billion. By 2030, the global economy will have to provide about 8.4 billion people with livelihoods.
With the exception of Europe, where the total population is expected to decline by just under 1% by 2030, in all other regions in the next 15 years a population growth of at least 10% is expected. Africa, which for a long time is the poorest and least developed continent, will account for more than 40% of the absolute population growth. By 2030, almost one fifth of the world's population will live in this region.
In 2015–2030, 2.1 billion children will be born worldwide, which is 2% more than the total number of children born in the previous 15-year period. About half of these children will be born in Asia.
Also on July 11...
1905 - international sportsball club was created.
1915 - born Yul Brynner, American theater and film actor.
1919 - an 8-hour working day is introduced in Holland.
1934 - Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer, was born.
1943 - the peak of the ''Volyn Massacre'', when the forces of the OUN-UPA simultaneously attacked, according to various sources, from 99 to more than 150 Polish settlements, with a total number of victims up to 100,000 people.
1959 - Richie Sambora, American virtuoso guitarist and songwriter of the rock band ''Bon Jovi'' was born.
1966 - Kentaro Miura, a Japanese mangaka, was born.
1971 - first production of the rock opera “Jesus Christ - Superstar” was performed in Pittsburgh
1974 - famous Chinese ''Terracotta Army'' was found.
1979 - ''Skylab'' orbital station was de-orbited and destroyed in dense layers of the atmosphere.
1985 - ''Playboy'' magazine published photos of naked pop star Madonna.
1991 - Hitoshi Igarashi, translator into Japanese of the novel “Satanic Poems,” written by a British citizen of Indian origin Salman Rushdie, was killed in Japan.
2001 - leading company in the production of instant photography - the American concern Polaroid declared bankruptcy. The fact is that the management of the company, founded in 1937, failed to respond in time to the appearance on the world market of digital cameras, which make it possible to take snapshots of much higher quality. In 2001, the concern's debt was $ 1 billion.
2003 - from now in France, instead of the generally accepted Anglicism, an ''e-mail'' will use the Canadian word ''courriel''. Such a decision in the struggle for the purity of the language was adopted by the state commission.
2006 - Microsoft discontinued technical support for the Windows 98 operating system.
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