You can’t be lazy today.
What happened on this day:
Today the Orthodox Church honors the memory of St. Leo, Pope of Rome.
Also March 3 is World Wildlife Day, the day of the writer and
World Hearing Day.
What not to do on March 3:
mess around
Folk signs and beliefs:
dry weather – for the harvest yearthunderstorm – for the harvest of fruit
Angel Day is celebrated:
Agapitus, Agrippa, Anna, Basil, Victor, Vladimir, Damas, Dorotheus, Cosmas, Leo, Lucius, Paul, Parigorius, Piulius, Feodulus, Flavian, Shio
Also on this day:
1866 – a public library was opened in Kyiv (now – the National Parliamentary Library of Ukraine)
1875 – premiere in Paris of the opera “Carmen” by Georges Bizet, which ended in failure
1875 – in Montreal, at the Victoria rink, the first official ice hockey match took place
1894 – The world’s first professional striptease show was held in a Parisian nightclub.
1919 – The world’s first international air mail is sent from Vancouver (Canada) to Seattle (USA).
1923 – The world’s first news weekly, Time, went on sale.
[1945-theLvivRegionalArtGallerywasopened
1947 – the first unit of the restored Dnieper hydroelectric power station came into operation
1955 – Elvis Presley first appeared on television
