On September 13, Kazakhstan celebrates Family Day. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.

The idea to establish this holiday arose in 2009, when the National Commission on Women's Affairs and Family and Demographic Policy initiated the establishment of Family Day in Kazakhstan. The Family Day holiday was established in 2013, with its celebration date set for the second Sunday of September.

Also today is Charlotte Cake and Autumn Pie Day. If the smell of sweet pastry is coming from your kitchen, then you have correctly performed today's ritual.

Another professional holiday is celebrated by programmers. The date of this holiday changes in a leap year. That is, Programmer's Day is celebrated on September 12 or 13. The celebration date was not chosen randomly — it is the 256th day of the year. A byte as a unit of information storage can represent one of 256 codes or values.

Also today is World Crane Day. Some species are listed in the Red Book. Crane Day was first celebrated in 2002 in the United States of America. The historical homeland of cranes is considered to be North America. Later they spread to Asia, Australia and America. Today, crane breeding efforts are underway in all regions except Antarctica and South America. The holiday was established because they fly away to warmer regions around this date.

Historical events on September 13 worldwide

In 1736, the city of Chelyabinsk was founded. In 1902, in Great Britain, fingerprints taken from a crime scene were used for the first time as evidence to prove the guilt of the accused. In 1929, English bacteriologist Alexander Fleming presented his discovery — penicillin. In 1999, a residential building exploded on Kashirskoye Highway in Moscow.

Historical events on September 13 in Kazakhstan

In 2006, the book "Pushkin and the Ural Region," published in Kazakh and Russian, was presented in the city of Uralsk. The author of the book is the well-known Ural literary scholar, candidate of philological sciences Nikolai Shcherbanov.

In 2007, school-lyceum No. 50 in Astana was named after the batyr and commander Raiymbek Batyr, who liberated his homeland from the enemy in battles against Dzungar invaders.

In 2012, as part of the official visit of the President of the Republic of Korea to Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev and Lee Myung-bak attended the ceremony marking the start of construction of the 1st module of the Balkhash Thermal Power Plant with a capacity of 1320 MW.

In 2024, the V World Nomad Games concluded in Astana. According to the results of the competition, Kazakhstan won 114 medals and took first place in the overall team standings.

Famous figures born on September 13

In 1898, Soviet theater and film actor, People's Artist of the USSR Mark Prudkin was born (films: "Anna Karenina," "The Brothers Karamazov"). In 1923, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya was born — the first woman to receive the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously) during the Great Patriotic War. In 1951, Russian musician and singer-songwriter Alexander Rosenbaum was born. His songs include "Come to Us," "Gop-stop!" and others.

Who was born on September 13 in Kazakhstan

In 1935, writer and journalist Ramazan Toktarov was born. In 1938, Bolat Ayukhanov was born — founder and director of the State Classical Dance Ensemble of the Kazakh SSR (in 1967 — "Young Ballet of Almaty," since 2003 — the State Academic Dance Theater of the Republic of Kazakhstan). In 1947, producer and documentary film director of photography Aubakir Suleev was born. In 1947, doctor of economic sciences, professor, academician of the International Engineering Academy Rakhman Alshanov was born.