July 13, or "Hollywood" and Eggs Day
Zodiac Sign Cancer
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Cancer, July 13. The life of those born on this day seems to revolve around the prospect of taking advantage of the chance provided by fate.
There are also those among them who miss their chance or consistently make false starts, leading to a series of failures.
However, for the most part, those born on July 13 feel a happy moment and, seizing the opportunity floating in their hands, sooner or later embark on the path leading to success.
Less successful individuals complain about life, consider themselves to be failures, and this in the end turns out to be detrimental to their further spiritual growth.
However, those who remain self-confident, do not lose heart from temporary defeats and firmly believe that their hour has not yet come, sooner or later they will inevitably achieve success.
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Cancer men born on July 13:
- boast the following properties:
- gallant,
- gentle,
- understanding,
- emotional.
- 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 13:
- possess the following facets of temperament:
- homely,
- affectionate,
- romantic.
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.
The famous sign "Hollywood" on the slope of the hill appeared in Los Angeles
July 13, 1923
The sign "Hollywood" on the slope of the Mount Lee in California
July 13, 1923
The sign "Hollywood" on the slope of the Mount Lee in California
July 13, 1923 on the slope of the Mount Lee over the Californian hills appeared sign Hollywood. Originally it was written as Hollywoodland, had nothing to do with cinema and meant advertising a new residential area, but immediately began to attract tourists.
Installation of the sign cost her customer, the publisher of the Los Angeles Times Harry Chandler of 21 thousand dollars. The sign "Hollywoodland" was illuminated at night by electric bulbs, in the afternoon the white letters were visible from a 40-kilometer distance. Hollywoodland was supposed to advertise for a year and a half, but the sign remained in its place.
In 1949 the sign was repaired and the last 4 letters were deleted. By the time Hollywood has already become a symbol of Los Angeles and the entire entertainment industry. Care for the sign took over the Chamber of Commerce of Hollywood.
In 1973, the sign was proclaimed a national historical monument.
By the end of the 1970s, the sign was dilapidated, and in 1978 the letters were dismantled. In the same year, a charity fund headed by Hugh Hefner, the founder of the magazine Playboy, raised funds for a major overhaul of the sights.
The current sign, composed of white letters of 15-meter height and 12-meter-wide, appeared in November 1978. The production of each letter took $ 27 500. Since then, all the restoration work has been carried out with the help of private donations.
The national holiday "Twelve Apostles" is celebrated on July 13.
The holiday was named after twelve apostles - the disciples of Jesus Christ.
As at Easter, on this day, it was decided to paint the eggs yellow and share them with each other. Also, eggs were cooked for various dishes - first of all, different types of fried eggs: with cheese, with green onions, with bread, with ham. Scrambled eggs with herring were popular.
Peasants celebrated the summer, which was entering its hottest season. Getting ready for mowing, people dressed in the best dresses, and after work they had fun until late in the evening. In some provinces it was supposed to make a doll out of dry grass, to dress it up in a sundress and to decorate it with beads. This doll with songs was worn around the village, and then undressed and thrown into the river.
Girls on July 13, guessed on flowers about betrothed. Collected 12 flowers from different meadows and fields, put them under the pillow. Whoever dreams at night - he will soon call to the altar.
Herbs and medicine men these days harvested medicinal plants, such as aloe, wild rosemary, black elderberry, three-leaf watch, verbena, mountaineer, calendula medicinal, coltsfoot, plantain.
1837 - Queen Victoria became the first English monarch to settle at Buckingham Palace, which became the main residence of the kings of Great Britain.
1871 - first in the world exhibition of cats took place in the London Crystal Palace.
1897 - Guglielmo Marconi received a patent for radio.
1908 - Fourth Olympic Games, in which women took part for the first time, solemnly opened in London.
1930 - opening of the first World Cup took place in Montevideo (Uruguay).
1938 - first television theater opened in Boston. For 25 cents, 200 viewers could watch the show with songs and dances for 45 minutes. The performance itself went on the floor above and was transmitted downwards through television.
1942 - Indiana Jones was born, i.e. Hollywood actor Harrison Ford.
1944 - Erne Rubik, Hungarian inventor, was born.
1949 - Pope Pius XII declared that any Catholic who knowingly and voluntarily joined the Communist Party or otherwise supported it would be excommunicated.
1956 - foundation stone was laid for ''Carmelite'', the first metro in the Middle East, located in the city of Haifa, Israel.
1957 - Cameron Crowe was born, American film director (''Jerry Maguire'', ''Vanilla Sky'', ''Elizabethtown'').
1967 - Benny Benassi, an Italian DJ, was born.
1973 - ''Queen's'' first album was released.
1985 - Live Aid concerts were held simultaneously in London and Philadelphia to help the starving people in Africa. The event was organized by Boomtown Rats group leader Bob Geldof, who managed to attract such stars as Mick Jagger, Madonna, Tina Turner, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Bob Dylan to participate. More than one and a half billion viewers in 160 countries watched the show on television. The USSR turned out to be almost the only country that refused to show a concert.
1999 - Gert Heuver (b. 1913), owner of a diner in West Berlin, inventor of carrivurst, died.
2018 - New Zealand scientists in Geneva presented an X-ray machine, which is capable of making three-dimensional color images.
Holidays
In Folks
Eggs day
The national holiday "Twelve Apostles" is celebrated on July 13.
The holiday was named after twelve apostles - the disciples of Jesus Christ.
As at Easter, on this day, it was decided to paint the eggs yellow and share them with each other. Also, eggs were cooked for various dishes - first of all, different types of fried eggs: with cheese, with green onions, with bread, with ham. Scrambled eggs with herring were popular.
Peasants celebrated the summer, which was entering its hottest season. Getting ready for mowing, people dressed in the best dresses, and after work they had fun until late in the evening. In some provinces it was supposed to make a doll out of dry grass, to dress it up in a sundress and to decorate it with beads. This doll with songs was worn around the village, and then undressed and thrown into the river.
Girls on July 13, guessed on flowers about betrothed. Collected 12 flowers from different meadows and fields, put them under the pillow. Whoever dreams at night - he will soon call to the altar.
Herbs and medicine men these days harvested medicinal plants, such as aloe, wild rosemary, black elderberry, three-leaf watch, verbena, mountaineer, calendula medicinal, coltsfoot, plantain.
Also on July 13 ...
1871 - first in the world exhibition of cats took place in the London Crystal Palace.
1897 - Guglielmo Marconi received a patent for radio.
1908 - Fourth Olympic Games, in which women took part for the first time, solemnly opened in London.
1930 - opening of the first World Cup took place in Montevideo (Uruguay).
1938 - first television theater opened in Boston. For 25 cents, 200 viewers could watch the show with songs and dances for 45 minutes. The performance itself went on the floor above and was transmitted downwards through television.
1942 - Indiana Jones was born, i.e. Hollywood actor Harrison Ford.
1944 - Erne Rubik, Hungarian inventor, was born.
1949 - Pope Pius XII declared that any Catholic who knowingly and voluntarily joined the Communist Party or otherwise supported it would be excommunicated.
1956 - foundation stone was laid for ''Carmelite'', the first metro in the Middle East, located in the city of Haifa, Israel.
1957 - Cameron Crowe was born, American film director (''Jerry Maguire'', ''Vanilla Sky'', ''Elizabethtown'').
1967 - Benny Benassi, an Italian DJ, was born.
1973 - ''Queen's'' first album was released.
1985 - Live Aid concerts were held simultaneously in London and Philadelphia to help the starving people in Africa. The event was organized by Boomtown Rats group leader Bob Geldof, who managed to attract such stars as Mick Jagger, Madonna, Tina Turner, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Bob Dylan to participate. More than one and a half billion viewers in 160 countries watched the show on television. The USSR turned out to be almost the only country that refused to show a concert.
1999 - Gert Heuver (b. 1913), owner of a diner in West Berlin, inventor of carrivurst, died.
2018 - New Zealand scientists in Geneva presented an X-ray machine, which is capable of making three-dimensional color images.
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