Today is October Revolution Day, a public holiday in Belarus. The holiday marks the Great October Socialist Revolution that began on this day in 1917.
Under the leadership of Lenin, the Bolsheviks initiated the October Revolution, an armed insurrection in Petrograd on November 7th 1917. This revolution established the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, the world’s first self-proclaimed socialist state.
You may have noticed this holiday is called October Revolution Day yet celebrates an event that took place in November. The reason is that in 1917, Russia was still using the Julian calendar which was 12 days behind the Gregorian calendar at that time, so the revolution took place on October 25th.
Belarus is the only country that was part of the Soviet Union that still observes a public holiday to mark the October Revolution. During the period of the Soviet Union, November 7th was a public holiday across the union and was one of the biggest state celebrations of the year. In Russia, the day is a normal working day. The public holiday has been replaced by National Unity Day, celebrated on November 4th.
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MOVE TOWARD THE LIGHT!
Late one evening a man walked into a dentist’s office.
“Can I help you?” asked the dentist.
“I keep thinking I’m a moth,” said the man.
“You think you’re a moth?” said the dentist. “You don’t need a dentist.
You need a psychiatrist!”
“I know,” said the man.
“So why did you come here?” asked the dentist.
“Well,” said the man, “the light was on.”
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Today is the birthday, in 1943, of Joni Mitchell (Roberta Anderson), Canadian singer, songwriter, 1970 UK No.11 single ‘Big Yellow Taxi’, 1974 US No.7 single ‘Help Me’. She wrote ‘Both Sides Now’ a hit for Judy Collins and ‘Woodstock’ a hit for Crosby, Stills Nash & Young and Matthews Southern Comfort. Mitchell’s work is highly respected by critics, and she has deeply influenced fellow musicians in a diverse range of genres. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlWLRHsHdV4
