September 11, or Terrorist Act and Day Without a Knife
Zodiac Sign Virgo
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Virgo, September 11. The life of born on this day revolves around certain and often dramatic decisions they have to make. Many of them face this need when they are very young, before they are yet sixteen.
Later, when it seems that their careers or private lives are proceeding quite smoothly, when they are firmly on their feet, they will repeatedly, sometimes unexpectedly, find themselves at a crossroads.
In a normally functioning society, the ability to exercise one's choice is the greatest right of the individual. This fact fully applies to those who were born on September 11, as these people know how to have power and know how to consciously make decisions that may shock others.
It cannot be denied that those born on this day love to amaze others. They pride themselves on daring to take risks, and they delight in detailing their exploits.
Everything that is boring, gray and mundane is absolutely not acceptable to them.
However, at the same time, they have a great need for that stability that can only be found in a warm, loving family atmosphere.
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Virgo men born on September 11:
- can be proud of the following distinguishing characteristics:
- intelligent,
- dedicated,
- calm,
- conscientious,
- humble.
- Virgo man can like only a woman who is ideal in every sense - modest, well-mannered, educated, with an impeccable appearance, inaccessible and mysterious.
- You should not expect surprises or explosive emotions from a Virgo man.
- It is stable, consistent, and very predictable.
- He performs all his actions according to a clear plan, understanding the logic of which, you can understand the man himself.
Virgo women born on September 11:
- characterized by the following qualities:
- sensitive,
- caring,
- practical.
- Virgos strive for excellence in everything - in their careers, and in relationships, and in appearance.
- Coquetry is alien to them, but false modesty is also an atypical feature of Virgos.
- They with dignity accept well-deserved compliments and courtship, but do not flatter them.
- Virgo women are well versed in people, they are difficult to deceive or mislead.
Main event
Photo from Wikipedia.
The monument "Tear of Grief"- a gift of Russians to the American people in memory of the victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. It is a chopped bronze slab symbolizing the collapsed "twin towers". Inside the crack is suspended 12-meter steel drop - a tear. Author Zurab Tsereteli.
In addition to 19 terrorists, more than 3,000 people died as a result of attacks, about 6,000 were wounded, and 24 others were missing. Most of the dead were civilians. Also, the disaster took the lives of firefighters and policemen, thanks to the efforts of which it was possible to save about 30 thousand people.
On September 12, 2001, US President George W. Bush delivered a television address to the nation in connection with the attacks in New York and Washington. He said that he ordered the use of "all intelligence resources and law enforcement agencies" of the United States to search and punish the organizers of the terrorist attacks. According to the president, the terrorists sought to create chaos in America, but they could not do it.
Holidays
Ivan the Fast - a day without a knife
The Orthodox today celebrate the Beheading of the Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John.
According to popular beliefs, this day you can’t cut cabbage and nothing round at all, it was forbidden to use a knife.
It is not allowed to eat anything round: neither cook cabbage soup, nor cut off the heads of poppy seeds, nor dig potato tubers, nor pick apples.
On Ivan the Fast, it was customary to remove turnips. “Turnip holiday” was celebrated modestly: without songs and feasts, but they gave lean food to beggars and wanderers.
It was also customary to commemorate all the soldiers who died in the battles.
John the Baptist is revered as a healer for headaches.
According to the national calendar, September 11 begins the Indian summer, which will last until September 22.
Also on September 11...
1845 - Jean Maurice Emile Bodot (d. 1903) was born, a French engineer and inventor of the "Bodot code".
1862 - O. Henry was born (real name William Sidney Porter), an American writer, a great master of plot logic loop.
1881 - Asta Nielsen (d. 1972) was born, a Danish actress who left a deep mark in the history of silent cinema and the development of world cinema.
1888 - at the opening of the industrial exhibition in Toronto, the world's first recording of a human voice was made.
1935 - German Titov was born, a Soviet astronaut who made the second orbital flight into space in the history of mankind.
1940 - Brian De Palma was born, an American filmmaker (''Scarface'', ''The Untouchables'', ''Kerry'', ''Carlito's Way'', ''Mission: Impossible'').
1943 - Russia's oldest glass factory in the city of Gus-Khrustalny released the first Soviet faceted glass. The design of a faceted Soviet-style glass is attributed to Vera Mukhina, the author of the monumental composition “Worker and Kolkhoz Woman”. However, there is no documentary evidence of this.
1946 - the first successful mobile phone session is held.
1962 - ''Beatles'' completed the recording of their first single, ''Love Me Do / P.S. I Love You''.
1965 - Moby was born (real name Richard Melville Hall), an American musician, representative of the modern rock pop scene. Incidentally, Henry Melville himself, the author of the novel "Moby Dick", was present in his family tree. From here, in fact, the pseudonym was taken by the singer.
1978 - In-Grid was born (real name is Ingrid Alberini), Italian singer, composer, arranger.
2000 - government of North Ossetia decided to perpetuate the memory of the submarine Kursk crew members, calling one of the mountain peaks of the Central Caucasus Mountains - Kursk. This decision was made at the request of eight climbers who conquered the mountain peak.
2001 - Ukrainian aircraft An-225 “Mriya” set a world capacity record, raising a platoon of Ukrainian tanks to the sky.
2007 - died Joe Zawinul (b. 1932), Austrian pianist and composer, one of the founders of the jazz-fusion style.
2007 - most powerful non-nuclear ammunition in the world was tested in the Russian Federation (high-power aviation vacuum bomb (AVBPM). Another unofficial name is “Dad of all bombs”.
2017 - James Patrick Dunleavy (b. 1926), American and Irish writer, one of the creators of the ''black humor'' genre, died.
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