Today, August 13, several holidays are celebrated around the world and in Kazakhstan. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
International Left-Handers Day
Today is International Left-Handers Day. This initiative was raised in 1984 at the International Confederation of Left-Handers. The reason is that today most technical devices are made for right-handers. About 10 percent of people worldwide are left-handed. Among them are Julius Caesar, Joan of Arc, Napoleon, Winston Churchill, Michelangelo, Raphael, Queen Elizabeth of England, Beethoven, Marilyn Monroe, Greta Garbo, and others.
Women's Day in Tunisia
Tunisia celebrates Women's Day. On August 13, 1956, women in this country were recognized as legal subjects. In the run-up to the holiday, women are given various privileges. For example, the government has banned fining women who drive after 8:00 PM.
Independence Day in the Central African Republic
The Central African Republic celebrates Independence Day. On this day in 1960, the independence of the Central African Republic from France was declared.
Historical events on August 13 in the world
- 01In 1907, the first taxi took to the streets in New York City;
- 02In 1912, French doctor G. Odin announced the isolation of a cancer virus;
- 03In 1913, stainless steel was first cast in Sheffield, UK;
- 04In 1966, Tunisia banned wearing miniskirts;
- 05In 2004, the opening ceremony of the XXVIII Summer Olympic Games was held in Athens, Greece.
Historical events on August 13 in Kazakhstan
- 01In 1919, the Turkestan Military District was formed on the basis of the Turkestan Front;
- 02In 1920, the first Kazakh news agency, now LLP "International News Agency 'KazAqparat'", was established;
- 03In 1942, the 100th Rifle Brigade, composed of Kazakh soldiers, departed from Almaty to the front;
- 04In 2003, a monument dedicated to the battle of the Isatai-Makhambet rebels with the tsarist troops was erected in the Beketai sands, 130 kilometers from the district center Zhanakala in West Kazakhstan region;
- 05In 2007, as a result of archaeological and local history work in the West Kazakhstan region, the door of the dungeon where the great poet and batyr Makhambet was held was found;
- 06In 2010, the first specialized housing in Kazakhstan for families of citizens with disabilities who use wheelchairs was commissioned in Almaty;
- 07In 2012, Kazakh boxer Serik Sapiyev won the Val Barker Cup, awarded to the most technical boxer of the Olympics;
- 08In 2017, powerlifter Guzal Yergeshova won a gold medal at the World Championships for little people in Canada.
Famous people born on August 13
- 01In 1899, English and American film director Alfred Hitchcock was born;
- 02In 1926, Cuban revolutionary, statesman, political and party leader, Comandante Fidel Castro Rus was born;
- 03In 1975, American theater and film actor, Oscar winner Casey Affleck was born;
- 04In 1980, Russian singer Stas Piekha was born.
Who was born on August 13 in Kazakhstan
- 01In 1910, scientist, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor Nabi Dauylbayev was born;
- 02In 1935, writer, translator, member of the Writers' Union of Kazakhstan Telman Zhanuzakov was born;
- 03In 1941, famous philologist-scientist, chairwoman of the public association "Respect for the State Language", member of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan Asyly Osman was born;
- 04In 1951, People's Artist of Kazakhstan, laureate of the State Prize of the Kazakh SSR Reshat Kozhakhmetov was born;
- 05In 1993, weightlifter Nijat Rahimov was born.