On September 15, several holidays and important dates are marked around the world. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.

Cheese Day in Italy

One of Italy's most beautiful places – Bra (Piedmont) – celebrates Cheese Day. This day is considered a true paradise for lovers of dairy products, especially cheese. The main heroes of the holiday are not world-famous large producers, but small farms.

Everyone who comes to the festival can taste Swiss Gruyère, Italian mozzarella, cheddar and other types of cheese, as well as yogurt, ice cream and other delicacies. Cheese makers gather for this holiday from all corners of Europe. Tents are set up in the city center, and master classes and tasting events are held. On this day, a very large amount of cheese is eaten, and the amount of Italian wine drunk exceeds even that.

Dieters' Day

September 15 is established worldwide as Dieters' Day. This is a day to draw attention to the problem of excess weight and to talk about the consequences of diets that harm the body. On this day, many TV channels air special programs about the dangers of obesity and ways to overcome it.

Independence Day and other holidays

Today, five countries in a row celebrate Independence Day – Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and El Salvador. In addition, Azerbaijan marks Knowledge Day, and India celebrates Engineers' Day.

Historical events on September 15 in the world

  • 011917 – the first issue of Forbes magazine was published;
  • 021956 – regular passenger flights on TU-104 aircraft began;
  • 031959 – the nuclear icebreaker Lenin set off on its first voyage;
  • 041971 – the Greenpeace organization was founded.

Historical events on September 15 in Kazakhstan

1989 – the regional foreign economic association Kazakhstan Commerce was registered for the first time at the USSR Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, receiving all the rights of all-union foreign trade associations for large-scale export of products manufactured in Kazakhstan and unrestricted import of goods from any country.

1995 – by decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Akmola became the capital of the country.

Famous people born on September 15

  • 011881 – automobile designer Ettore Bugatti, of Italian-French origin, was born;
  • 021890 – English writer Agatha Christie was born;
  • 031907 – American actress Fay Wray was born (she appeared in the film King Kong);
  • 041925 – Soviet theater and film actor Kirill Lavrov was born (films — The Living and the Dead, Taming of Fire, My Sweet and Tender Beast).

Who was born on September 15 in Kazakhstan

1934 – Albert Bolotov was born, head of the thematic block of the World Congress of Engineers and Scientists, academician of the National Engineering Academy of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

1947 – Absattar kazhy Derbisali was born, director of the Suleimenov Institute of Oriental Studies, orientalist, literary scholar, writer and critic.