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What holiday is today: July 25, 2024 - events and signs of Proklov's day
25.07.2024 00:01
Today is Thursday, July 25: the 207th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 159 days.
The sun will rise at 4:23 Moscow time, and at 20:50 it will go below the horizon. At 12:37 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 16 hours 27 minutes, and darkness will last 7 hours 33 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 5 after Pentecost. No fast. July 25 is the day of remembrance of the martyrs Proclus and Hilary, and the Venerable Michael Maleinos.
Name days: Anthony, Arseny, Veronica, Gabriel, Gregory, Euthymius, John, Michael, Serapion, Simon, Theodore.
Secular holidays
On July 25, Russia celebrates two professional holidays at once: Investigative Officer Day and River Police Day.
Also on this day, Vladimir Vysotsky Memorial Day is celebrated.
Events of July 25
In 1943, as a result of a coup, the leader of the Italian fascists, Benito Mussolini, was overthrown and arrested.
In 1948, the Romashkinskoye oil field (Tatarstan) was discovered, which is considered the largest in the world.
In 1978, the first person conceived through IVF was born in England.
In 1984, the first female cosmonaut went into outer space. This achievement belongs to Svetlana Savitskaya.
Who was born on July 25
In 1893, the hero of the Russian Civil War, the Red commander Ivan Kochubey, was born.
In 1894, the Serbian revolutionary Gavrilo Princip, who started the First World War, was born.
In 1929, the writer Vasily Shukshin was born.
Actress Natalya Bochkareva was born in 1980.
Folk omens
Sunny weather on this day foretells a warm autumn, and rain promises a cloudy and damp one.
Proklov's day turned out to be cool - winter will come early and frosty.
An abundance of mushrooms by July 25 indicates that it will soon get colder.
The loud buzzing of bees foretells heat.
The leaves on the treetops have turned yellow – autumn will be early.
