International Day of Education.
The United Nations Day of Remembrance was fixed by resolution of the General Assembly on 3 December 2018 at the initiative of Nigeria and 58 other United Nations member states.
“Education is the most powerful tool we have to significantly improve public health, stimulate economic growth, exploit hidden opportunities and foster innovation – all the things we need to build more resilient and sustainable societies,” UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay said in her message.
Currently, according to the United Nations, 244 million children and adolescents are out of school and 617 million lack basic reading and math skills.
Civil Servant Day (Officer's Day).
An unofficial professional holiday appeared in Russia in 2013. This coincided with the signing of a law on civil service procedures in the Russian Empire by Emperor Peter I in 1722 – “Table of Ranks”.
According to the document, all ranks are divided into three types: military (army and navy), state (civil) and court. In turn, each type of service is divided into 14 more classes or levels. The first grade is considered the highest grade, and the fourteenth grade is considered the lowest.
The “ranking table” provided opportunities for advancement to talented people from the lower classes: “So that they would be willing to apply for service and receive the honor, and not that the impudent and parasitic would receive it.” People of non-noble origin, after entering the 14th grade, could receive personal, and after entering the 8th grade (for the military – entering the 14th grade) – hereditary nobility.
With various changes, Peter's school records existed until 1917 and were abolished after the October Revolution.
International Popsicle Day.
On this day in 1922, the inventor of chocolate-glazed popsicles, American Christian Nelson, received a patent for the production of this dessert.
95 years ago (1931) the gypsy theater “Romen” was founded in Moscow.
On this day, the Gypsy theater-studio “Indo-Roman” was organized in the Main Art Department of the People's Commissariat of Education of the RSFSR. In late 1931, the studio presented its first musical and dramatic performance based on Alexander Germano's play “Life on Wheels.” After its debut, it received the status of a professional theater. The first director was Georgy Lebedev, and the artistic director was Moses Goldblat.
The first theatrical productions were performed in the Gypsy language. Moscow Art Theater actor Mikhail Yanshin, who headed the theater in 1937, significantly expanded the theater's repertoire. It included Russian and foreign classics, and performances began to be performed in Russian.
Today “Romen” is the only gypsy theater in the world.