Daily Calendar - July 13

The 194th day of the year, 171 days left until the New Year.

Church Calendar

The Assembly of the Holy and All-Blessed Twelve Apostles: Peter, his brother Andrew, James the son of Zebedee, his brother John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Judas James (Thaddeus), Simon the Zealot and Matthias; Queen Dinara of the Faithful (X). The Ascension of the Lord.

The Assembly of the Holy and All-Blessed Twelve Apostles is an ancient holiday. The Holy Church, which commemorates each of them at different times of the year, has since ancient times established their common commemoration on the second day of the commemoration of the great and all-praised Apostles Peter and Paul. Information about them is given on the day of each of their commemorations: Apostle Peter; Apostle Andrew the First-Called; Apostle James the son of Zebedee; Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian; Apostle Philip; Apostle Bartholomew; Apostle Thomas; Apostle James the son of Alphaeus; Apostle Jude of James, the brother of the Lord; Apostle Simon the Zealot; Apostle Matthew.

The Holy Martyr Michael Mebad was martyred by the Turks in 1770 for his confession of Christianity.

Born:

100 (BC) _ Julius Caesar, ancient Roman politician, military leader, reformer, writer, died in 44 (BC).

1863 _ Oskar Schmerling, painter and graphic artist, one of the founders of caricature in Georgia. Died in 1938.

1884 — Isaac Babel, famous writer, died in 1941.

1888 - Sandro Shanshiashvili, Georgian writer. Died in 1979

1890 — Levan Asatiani, writer. Died in 1955.

1934 — Wole Shoinka, Nigerian writer, Nobel Prize laureate.

1936 — Vazha Azarashvili, composer.

1939 _ Petre Tskvitaria, painter. Died in 1995.

1944 — Ernő Rubik, Hungarian inventor, who invented the famous Rubik's Cube.

Died:

1793 — Jean-Paul Marat, figure of the French Revolution.

1951 — Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer.

1974 — Patrick Blackett, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.

Events:

1837 — Queen Victoria was the first monarch to live in Buckingham Palace.

1882 — The first telephone was put into operation in Moscow.

1897 — Guglielmo Marconi patented the radio.

1908 — The IV Olympic Games opened in London.

1930 — The first World Cup in football was opened in Montevideo