August 2, or Bottom of the Arctic Ocean and Ilya
Zodiac Sign Leo
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Leo, August 2. Born on this day are able to find application in various areas of life, giving what they do their own personal, indescribable flavor.
While it sometimes seems to others that these people are going crazy, abandoning activities that bring them stable income and success, succumbing to new temptations, they again and again demonstrate their ability to turn into triumph what their last efforts were aimed at without sacrificing this is its main essence. Like a chameleon, they indulge in change, while remaining themselves.
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Leo men born on August 2:
- have the following distinctive features:
- loyal,
- gentle,
- warm,
- influential.
- Leo is a masculine sign, as its emphasis shifts towards leadership qualities and power energy.
- Men of this sign are typical strong and bright alpha males and macho, ready to throw all the treasures of the world at the feet of their chosen one, counting on admiration and emphasizing their superiority.
Leo women born on August 2:
- endowed with the following properties:
- interesting,
- passionate,
- exceptional,
- strong.
- The ability to put herself above others and the regal manners of the Leo woman hypnotize many men.
- At the same time, Lionesses are often bright, strong, charismatic women in bright outfits, which men of a timid dozen are simply afraid of.
- Falling in love, this woman loses her head and gives herself up without a trace.
Main event
The ''Mir-1'' apparatus for the first time in history reached the bottom of the Arctic Ocean
August 2, 2007
August 2, 2007
The purpose of the expedition was quite material. The scientists wanted to prove that the Lomonosov Ridge is a continuation of the Siberian continental platform, which, in accordance with international maritime law, will allow Russia to include it in its continental shelf and obtain an exclusive right to develop mineral resources located on its territory. As a result, these proofs were obtained.
''Mir-1'' with a crew consisting of Anatoly Sagalevich, Arthur Chilingarov and Vladimir Gruzdev began to sink on August 2 at 9:28 Moscow time, and at 12:08 reached the ocean floor at a depth of 4,261 meters.
''Mir-2'' began diving at 9:47 and at 12:35 reached the bottom at a depth of 4,302 meters at a distance of 500 meters from the Mir-1.
At the bottom was set the flag of Russia, made of titanium alloy, and also left a capsule with a message to the descendants.
In Folks
Ilya day
Ilya is also called ''Thunder-bolt''. It is believed that thunder comes from knocking on the heavenly pavement of his chariot, in which he chases an evil spirit. And the lightning is an arrow, by them Ilya strikes evil power.
It was believed that in his power to send fertility to the Earth or even deprive people of the crop. On Ilyia day, all the evil spirits, fleeing the fiery arrows of the prophet, turn into different animals — it was the custom, to not allow dogs and cats go into the house, so as not to let a thunderstorm and lightning came into the house.
Usually there are “passerine nights” on Ilya - when deafening peals of thunder are heard throughout the whole night, lightning almost constantly flares up the whole sky, frightened birds rush about and flit all time. On such a night, cattle restless, and people suffers from insomnia because of fear.
After Ilya day was not supposed to swim in the river. Like, Ilya cooled the water. And the water no longer cares about those who against Ilya rules.
Also on August 2...
1610 - explorer Henry Hudson discovered the Hudson Bay, being sure that he was out on the Northern route into the Pacific Ocean.
1776 - ceremony of signing the Declaration of Independence, adopted on July 4 by the Continental Congress and proclaiming the separation of 13 North American colonies from Great Britain. Thus, a new state was formed - the USA. US Independence Day is celebrated on July 4, and August 2 can be considered the day when independence was consolidated de jure.
1820 - John Tyndall (d. 1893), English physicist, was born; he explained why the sky has a blue color.
1858 - world's first mailboxes appeared in Boston and Chicago.
1887 - Rowell Hodge patented barbed wire. The intentions of the inventor were quite peaceful: the wire was intended for fencing pastures for livestock, so that cows would not wander into foreign territory. Subsequently, the vile human mind came up with another savage using of this invention.
1932 - Peter O'Toole, a British actor of Irish descent (“How to Steal a Million”, “The Last Emperor”, “Lawrence of Arabia”) was born.
1939 - Wes Craven, American film director ("A Nightmare on Elm Street", "Scream") was born.
1976 - Sam Worthington, Australian actor from England, was born (''Avatar'','' Last Night in New York'', ''Terminator: Let Savior Come'').
1980 - massacre in Bologna. The largest terrorist attack in the history of Italy in the second half of the XX century.
1981 - case of Mark David Chapman, accused of the murder of John Lennon started.
1987 - Louis Reina became the first matador on whose clothes an advertisement of the Japanese company ''Aka''i was placed. Advertisers had enough sense not to make a person swing it in front of the bull's nose.
1996 - the last death sentence was carried out in Russia. On this day, the murderer of 11 teenagers Sergey Golovkin was shot.
1997 - William Seward Burrows (b. 1914), one of the key American writers of the second half of the 20th century. Considered the most important representative of the bit generation.died.
2006 - in Johannesburg (South Africa) snow fell for the first time in 25 years.
2011 - Baruch Benacerraf (born 1920), American immunologist, winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize for the discovery of the main histocompatibility complex, a group of genes responsible for the recognition of foreign substances and the development of the immune response, died.
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