July 15, or First Steamship and Bereginia
Zodiac Sign Cancer
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Cancer, July 15. Born on this day rely on their charm, which, as they believe, will help them to carry out their plans and achieve what they want. Thus, their main talents manifest themselves openly and necessarily with the attention of other people.
Indeed, the charm of those born on July 15 can be envied. They manage to persuade others to their point of view and benefit from it.
All that most of them need is to feel the recognition of society.
However, there are those who use their natural gift of a seducer with cunning calculation or malicious intent. For such people, the material issue is especially important.
For those born on this day, attractiveness in the broadest sense of the word is very important. If nature has not awarded them with good external data, they successfully use their intellectual abilities to seduce. If this does not work, cunning, eloquence, or a subtle understanding of human psychology are used.
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Cancer men born on July 15:
- have the following traits:
- gallant,
- intuitive,
- adventurous,
- 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 15:
- have the following personality differences:
- intuitive,
- careful,
- honest.
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.
On the river Sonja near Lyon the first steamship sailed
July 15, 1783
A 182-ton displacement vessel was "dragged" by a single-cylinder horizontal steam engine. Headway-return motion of its piston, rack and pinion mechanism through the original, converted into the rotation of the two bead paddle wheels.
Pyroscaphos was enthusiastically greeted by a crowd of onlookers. He briskly moved against the current, but after 365 meters of the way he was forced to moor to the shore. The steam engine, in fact, split the ship.
From the continuation of his work, the pioneer of steamship construction had to be abandoned, since he could not find sponsors either among the bourgeois or the government.
Regular navigation of steamers in Europe began only in 1816. German ships made trips along the rivers Rhine and Spree. At first people were skeptical about steam ships. People did not like that they smoke very much. It was also impossible to believe that steamships can leave rivers and small lakes and merge into the seas and oceans.
The old "sea wolves" began to take the steam engine seriously only when it successfully passed through the Atlantic Ocean. But it did not happen right away. For example, the steamer Savannah traveled from New York to Liverpool in 1818 made only 27.5 miles during 24 hours.
The beginning of a new era of maritime navigation can be considered the passage of the ship "Sirius" across the Atlantic in 1838. The steamer crossed the ocean in 18 days and 10 hours only under a steam engine. But for a long time there were sails on steam ships in case the steam engines suddenly broke down or the coal in the holds was damp.
On this day, the Slavs honored Bereginia, a deity revered as the mother of all spirits and all the wealth of the earth.
Bereginia often represented in the form of white birch. Therefore, the girls went to the forest to worship this tree and ask for happiness in love.
Some researchers believe that mermaids were also called Bereginia. It is no coincidence that Bereginia helped fishermen, in response to requests for help, gave them a rich catch. She was also called the protector of all who live along the river banks.
Bereginia helped the peasants in almost any undertaking: she protected livestock, endowed herbs with medicinal properties, nourished fruits and vegetables. During the hay season, it was necessary to carry out embroidered towels on the meadows and, after washing them, wipe them in order to gain health and strength. But to engage in harvest on this day should not.
With the spread of Christianity, the image of Bereginia mingled with the image of the Mother of God, and on this day people honored Mother of God.
On Bereginia girls could try to bewitch their lovers. To do this, it was necessary to take a small birch twig and secretly put it on the threshold. As soon as the guy crossed this twig, the girl immediately picked it up and hid it in a dry place, saying: “As this rod dries, so let him (called the name of the young man) dry out of love for me.”
1240 - Alexander Nevsky with a small squad from Novgorod and Ladozhan attacked the Swedes at night when they stopped to rest on the Neva river, and inflicted a complete defeat on them, for which he received nickname Nevsky.
1606 - Rembrandt Harmens van Rijn was born, a famous Dutch artist, one of the most famous and respected artists of the Netherlands of the XVII century.
1799 - during Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign, French captain Pierre-Francois Bouchard discovered the Rosetta Stone.
1865 - the newspaper ''Nothern Post Office" announced citizens about the lifting of the ban on smoking on the streets of St. Petersburg.
1916 - American engineer William Boeing founded ''Pacific Aero Products'', which changed its name to ''Boeing Airplan'' in a few months.
1930 - a meat rationing system is introduced in the USSR.
1952 - born Terry O'Queen, an American actor, best known for his role as John Locke in the TV series “Survive”, as well as the role of Peter Watts in the TV series ''Millennium''.
1959 - The movie “Some Like It Hot” was screened in US with Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in the lead roles.
1961 - Forest Whitaker, American actor ("Platoon", "The Last King of Scotland", "Telephone Box") was born.
1976 - Diane Kruger was born (real name is Dianne Heidkruger), an American actress of German origin (“Troy”, “Inglorious Bastards”, “National Treasure”).
1982 - Pink Floyd film " Wall" was released in England.
1983 - Nintendo released the game console, known as Dendy.
1988 - United States released the film "Die Hard" with Bruce Willis in the main role.
1997 - Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer, shot in Miami Beach. His death is shrouded in mystery so far, although the killer was found immediately. He was Andrew Kunanan, a gigolo, who earned money with affairs with rich men. But the motive of the crime remained unknown to the public.
2002 - oldest Christian church in the world was discovered in the Jordanian Red Sea port of Aqaba. The discovery was made by a joint US-Canadian-European expedition. Wall of ancient Aqaba - a Byzantine city, whose historical name is Ile was excavated. During the excavations behind the wall of the ancient city was discovered a church with an area of about 416 square meters. m, height from 3 to 5 m. The study showed that this is the oldest Christian church on earth. Experts believe that it was built in 300 AD.
2004 - Charles Sweeney died (b. 1919), an American pilot who in 1945 dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
2006 - Twitter microblogging service is based.
Holidays
Bereginia Day
Bereginia often represented in the form of white birch. Therefore, the girls went to the forest to worship this tree and ask for happiness in love.
Some researchers believe that mermaids were also called Bereginia. It is no coincidence that Bereginia helped fishermen, in response to requests for help, gave them a rich catch. She was also called the protector of all who live along the river banks.
Bereginia helped the peasants in almost any undertaking: she protected livestock, endowed herbs with medicinal properties, nourished fruits and vegetables. During the hay season, it was necessary to carry out embroidered towels on the meadows and, after washing them, wipe them in order to gain health and strength. But to engage in harvest on this day should not.
With the spread of Christianity, the image of Bereginia mingled with the image of the Mother of God, and on this day people honored Mother of God.
On Bereginia girls could try to bewitch their lovers. To do this, it was necessary to take a small birch twig and secretly put it on the threshold. As soon as the guy crossed this twig, the girl immediately picked it up and hid it in a dry place, saying: “As this rod dries, so let him (called the name of the young man) dry out of love for me.”
Also on July 15...
1606 - Rembrandt Harmens van Rijn was born, a famous Dutch artist, one of the most famous and respected artists of the Netherlands of the XVII century.
1799 - during Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign, French captain Pierre-Francois Bouchard discovered the Rosetta Stone.
1865 - the newspaper ''Nothern Post Office" announced citizens about the lifting of the ban on smoking on the streets of St. Petersburg.
1916 - American engineer William Boeing founded ''Pacific Aero Products'', which changed its name to ''Boeing Airplan'' in a few months.
1930 - a meat rationing system is introduced in the USSR.
1952 - born Terry O'Queen, an American actor, best known for his role as John Locke in the TV series “Survive”, as well as the role of Peter Watts in the TV series ''Millennium''.
1959 - The movie “Some Like It Hot” was screened in US with Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in the lead roles.
1961 - Forest Whitaker, American actor ("Platoon", "The Last King of Scotland", "Telephone Box") was born.
1976 - Diane Kruger was born (real name is Dianne Heidkruger), an American actress of German origin (“Troy”, “Inglorious Bastards”, “National Treasure”).
1982 - Pink Floyd film " Wall" was released in England.
1983 - Nintendo released the game console, known as Dendy.
1988 - United States released the film "Die Hard" with Bruce Willis in the main role.
1997 - Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer, shot in Miami Beach. His death is shrouded in mystery so far, although the killer was found immediately. He was Andrew Kunanan, a gigolo, who earned money with affairs with rich men. But the motive of the crime remained unknown to the public.
2002 - oldest Christian church in the world was discovered in the Jordanian Red Sea port of Aqaba. The discovery was made by a joint US-Canadian-European expedition. Wall of ancient Aqaba - a Byzantine city, whose historical name is Ile was excavated. During the excavations behind the wall of the ancient city was discovered a church with an area of about 416 square meters. m, height from 3 to 5 m. The study showed that this is the oldest Christian church on earth. Experts believe that it was built in 300 AD.
2004 - Charles Sweeney died (b. 1919), an American pilot who in 1945 dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
2006 - Twitter microblogging service is based.
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