July 11 - National Cheer Up The Lonely Day

Happy National Cheer Up The Lonely Day! Each year on July 11, people across America make a special effort to give someone a lift on this day. 

If you know someone or anyone who is lonely or going through a difficult time, be a bright spot in their life with a little extra thoughtfulness today. 

Whether their loneliness is due to health issues, financial reasons, grief due to loss or personal reasons, isolation can be overwhelming.  

Use this day as a reminder to contact those people in your life who need a little extra love and attention. Your small act of kindness can make a big difference to them. One word or special consideration may brighten their world at just the right moment. 

"A burden shared is a burden halved." ~ T.A. Webb Let’s Hear it for the Boy 

We are all lonely from time to time. The gift of companionship and support when we least expect it may not solve our problems, but it eases the burden a little. 

"The best way to cheer yourself up is to try and cheer somebody else up." ~ Mark Twain  

HOW TO OBSERVE 

While visiting may be the number one thing to do on this day, here are a few other ideas to try: 

• • Deliver a few spare magazines to an ailing friend. 

• • Watch a movie with them and share some freshly popped popcorn. 

• • Read a book out loud to your friend. 

• • Set up a playlist with inspirational music. 

• • Offer to go for a walk with them. 

• • Mail a sweet or funny card. 

• • Bake one of their favorite foods. 

• • Call and visit on the phone. 

• • Email funny jokes every day to remind them to laugh. 

• • Play a board game. 

• • Go for a drive. 

• • Play 20 Questions. 

• • Watch funny YouTube videos. 

Use #CheerUpTheLonelyDay to share on social media. 

HISTORY

The research by National Day Calendar® found that Francis Pesek of Detroit, Michigan created this day.  

His daughter, L.J. Pesek, reports that he “was a quiet, kind, wonderful man who had a heart of gold. 

The idea came to him as a way of promoting kindness toward others who were lonely or forgotten as shut-ins or in nursing homes.” July 10 was Mr. Pesek’s birthday. 

How can you cheer up someone who is lonely today?

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July 11 - Konstantin Yershov

       

Happy Birthday, Konstantin Yershov! Born today in 1935 as Konstantin Vladimirovich Ershov, this Soviet actor, screenwriter and director was born in Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinskaya obast, RSFSR, USSR (now Russia). 

 
Years later, Yershov met and partnered with Russian film production designer and director Georgi Kropachyov.  

 
Eventually, he and Kropachyov became known for co-writing and co-directing the film of which both of them are best known. This was the 1967 Soviet horror/fantasy drama film 'Viy' (also known as 'Vii' or 'Spirit of Evil'). 

 
The film had also been co-written by Soviet animation and fantasy film director Aleksandr Ptushko. He was also a People's Artis of the USSR in 1969. 

 
Adapted from the eponymous 1835 Russian horror fantasy fiction novella by Russian dramatist of Ukrainian origin Nikolai Gogol, the story was first published in the first volume of his collection of tales entitled "Mirgorod".  

 
The title of the novella is the Russian pronunciation of the name of the Ukrainian city Myrhorod, meaning "city of peace" in both languages. The title is also the name of the demonic entity central to the plot. 

 
Shot in color, 'Viy' follows a group of seminary students from the city who go on summer break, drunkenly wandering the countryside. They end up lost, and spend a night in the company of Vedma (Nikolai Kutuzov), a haggard witch. 

 
When a scuffle breaks out, one of the students, Khoma (Leonid Kuravlyov), murders the crone, only to discover that he really killed the beautiful landowner's daughter Pannochka (Natalya Varley). 

Upon doing this, he must sit with her body in a church for three days, protecting it from evil spirits. 

 

'Viy' was distributed by Mosfilm, and was the first Soviet-era horror film to be officially released in the USSR. 

 
Yershov is known for writing and directing solo features as well. 

These include the 1974 Soviet black and white drama film 'Kazhdyy vecher posle raboty' ('Every Night After Work') and the 1981 Soviet comedy/romance film 'Zhenshchiny shutyat vseryoz' ('Women Are Seriously Off'). 

 
Also known as K. Yershov or Kostyantyn Yershov, he passed in Kyiv, Ukraine on December 28, 1984. Yershov was 49.

Yershov had been active from 1961–1983.  

 
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