DAY 1098 RUSSIAN AGGRESSION
February 25 in Ukraine is the Day of the Engineering and Aviation Service of the Armed Forces.
Today is also Revolver Day and World Spay Day.
National holiday of the State of Kuwait: Independence Day (1961).
The Orthodox Church commemorates the memory of the tax collector and the Pharisee; Saint Tarasius, Archbishop of Constantinople.
Day of the Engineering and Aviation Service of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
The Ukrainian Engineering and Aviation Service is responsible for organizing and executing the technical support of flights, which includes adhering to a specific scheme of aviation operations and air transportation.
The effectiveness of this service directly influences the crew's ability to perform necessary tasks. The work of the engineering and aviation service entails significant responsibility and risk, as engineers first test all equipment on themselves.
Revolver Day
Every year on February 25, the world celebrates the birthday of the revolver, as it was on this day in 1836 that American Samuel Colt patented the six-shot .45 caliber percussion revolver.
World Spay Day
World Spay Day was established in 1995 in the USA by singer and actress Doris Day. Subsequently, in 2006, the event expanded beyond the United States and became a global observance.
Primarily, spaying our smaller companions helps to overcome the issue of homelessness: spayed animals cease to reproduce and become less aggressive. This is why World Spay Day aims to draw humanity's attention to the importance of sterilizing strays.
Born on this day:
175 years since the birth of Vladimir Grigorievich Barvinsky (1850-1883), a Ukrainian writer, publicist, publisher, lawyer, and cultural figure;
154 years ago, Ukrainian poetess Lesya Ukrainka (1871-2025) was born (real name - Larysa Petrovna Kosach, married name Kosach-Kvitka);
125 years since the birth of Alexei Vladimirovich Kvasnitsky (1900-1989), a Ukrainian physiologist, inventor, and educator;
120 years since the birth of Pavel Pavlovich Virsky (1905-1975), a Ukrainian ballet artist, choreographer, and educator;
120 years since the birth of Rozaliya Borisovna Gurevich (1905-1971), a Ukrainian bibliographer, librarian, and educator;
90 years since the birth of Alexei Grigorievich Musienko (1935-2002), writer and journalist.
Also on this day:
1918 - The Small Rada adopted laws to introduce a new (Gregorian) calendar and Central European Time in the Ukrainian People's Republic;
1928 - Charles Jenkins' laboratory in Washington received the first television license;
1940 - The first televised hockey match between NHL clubs "New York Rangers" and "Montreal Canadiens" took place;
1947 - The Allied Control Council formally dissolved Prussia;
1957 - The State Publishing House of Children's Literature of the Ukrainian SSR (now "Raduga") was established;
1982 - The European Court in the case of Campbell and Cosans vs. the United Kingdom ruled that parents have the right to prohibit corporal punishment of children in schools;
1986 - After the dictatorship of Marcos, Corazon Aquino became the first female president in the Philippines and all of Asia;
1994 - A terrorist attack at the Cave of the Patriarchs (Hebron, Palestine), carried out by an Orthodox Jew, claimed the lives of 29 Muslims. Following this, access to the cave was divided along religious lines;
1999 - In Argentina, Virginia Rivero gave birth to a girl during a car accident. Her daughter became the youngest person involved in an accident;
2010 - In Kyiv, the inauguration of the elected president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, who was stripped of this title by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in 2014 due to election fraud, took place.
Church Holiday:
Saint Tarasius, whose memory is commemorated on this day, was the Patriarch of Constantinople in the late 8th to early 9th centuries. According to tradition, he was known for his exceptional kindness: he was the father of the poor and orphans, a comforter of the grieving, a protector of the oppressed, and the founder of almshouses and hospitals.
It was believed that the saint helped to fight fever, which was perceived as a demonic entity. Folk belief held that only the juice of aspen bark, carefully scraped from the tree from bottom to top, could help.
It was said that on this day one must pray to Tarasius; otherwise, the fever would put a person to sleep and then enter their body. Therefore, people stayed awake until sunset on this day.
Name Days: Anton, Evgeny, Alexander, Taras, Taras, Fyodor.