Today it is impossible to imagine life without the Internet, digital television, mobile communications and technologies associated with them. By signing the first International Telegraph Convention in Paris back in 1856, representatives of twenty countries, including Russia, gave an unimaginable impetus to the development of telecommunications, initially in the revolutionary development of that time - the telegraph.

On May 17, 1991, a single standard for website web pages was approved. After the invention of the World Wide Web, this became another leap in the development of information technology. The celebration of this event is taken seriously by both programmers, web designers and other IT specialists, as well as ordinary people.

Physical inactivity, poor diet, severe nervous tension, smoking, excess weight, alcohol abuse and high cholesterol levels contribute to increased blood pressure. Over time, this leads to hypertension, which is diagnosed in 1.8 billion people, i.e. Every third person on the planet suffers from it.

Diseases of the respiratory system are diagnosed in both adults and children. Over time, a large amount of knowledge has accumulated in this area, which led to the creation of a new direction in medicine. Doctors who specialize in the prevention and treatment of respiratory diseases are called pulmonologists.

Baha'i Holidays - Feast of the Nineteenth Day of the Month of Azamat

The date was named in honor of the holy martyr Pelagia of Tarsus, whose memory is celebrated by Orthodox Christians on this day. Another name for the date, Baklushnik Day, was derived from the tradition of going into the forest to pick trees to make baklushniks. Wooden kitchen utensils were called baklushi: spoons, bowls, spatulas.

Norway Holidays - Constitution Day (Grunnlovsdag)

Orthodox holidays on May 17:

Memorial Day of the Martyr Pelagia, the Virgin of Tarsus

Feast of the Old Russian Icon of the Mother of God