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What holiday is today: November 11, 2024 - events and signs of the day of Nastasya Ovechnitsa
11.11.2024 00:01
Today is Monday, November 11: day 316 of the Gregorian year. The year will end in 50 days.
The sun will rise at 7:58 Moscow time, and at 16:31 it will go below the horizon. At 12:14 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 8 hours 33 minutes, and darkness will last 15 hours 27 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 21 after Pentecost. No fast. Commemoration day of the holy martyr Anastasia the Roman.
Name days: Vasily, Pavel, Maria, Anastasia, Anna, Leonid, Alexey, Naum, Andrey, Victor.
Secular holidays
Today in Russia we celebrate Economist Day, Military Pensioner Day and Recovery Train Worker Day.
On November 11, the world celebrates Shopping Day and International Energy Saving Day.
Events of November 11
In 1480, the standoff on the Ugra ended. From that day on, Rus' ceased to obey the Mongol-Tatars.
In 1572, Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe discovered a supernova explosion in the Milky Way.
In 1918, the Armistice of Compiegne was concluded, ending the First World War.
In 1975, Angola declared independence from Portugal.
Who was born on November 11th
In 1821, the writer Fyodor Dostoevsky was born.
In 1864, the writer Maurice Leblanc was born.
In 1891, Vladimir Mayakovsky’s beloved, the “muse of the Russian avant-garde” Lilya Brik, was born.
In 1922, writer Kurt Vonnegut was born.
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio was born in 1974.
Folk omens
A strong wind blows – there will be severe frosts in winter.
The first snowfall has begun – a sign of a rich harvest next year.
It's a warm day - the winter will be mild.
