20 December - Wednesday
Day of Security Service Workers (FSB Day).
International Day of People's Solidarity.
Jol - pagan holiday - literally "turn of the year" - thirteen nights - "night of spirits" - a gap between two years, when the lot of the gods is being cast and the wheel of fate is spinning.
A day of pocket universes.
Day of canned parties.
In 1699 Peter I signed a decree to postpone the celebration of the New Year from September 1 to January 1.
1879 in the US, the presentation of the incandescent lamp was held.