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What holiday is today: November 26, 2024 - events and signs of Ivan Pelmenny day
26.11.2024 00:01
Today is Tuesday, November 26: day 331 of the Gregorian year. The year will end in 35 days.
The sun will rise at 8:28 Moscow time, and at 16:08 it will go below the horizon. At 12:18 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 7 hours 40 minutes, and darkness will last 16 hours 20 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 23 after Pentecost. Fasting for the Nativity Fast. No fasting. Commemoration day of John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople.
Name days: Anton, Herman, Ivan, Nikifor.
Secular holidays
November 26 is celebrated worldwide as Information Day and Shoemaker's Day.
Today, Abkhazia celebrates Constitution Day.
Events of November 26
In 1904, the grand opening of the Suvorov Museum took place in St. Petersburg.
In 1939, the Mainila incident occurred, which became the reason for the outbreak of the Soviet-Finnish War.
In 1943, the Belarusian city of Gomel was liberated from the German occupiers.
In 1994, there was an unsuccessful assault on Grozny.
Who was born on November 26
In 1910, the head of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs (1966–1982) Nikolai Shchelokov was born.
In 1926, People's Artist of the RSFSR, circus artist Margarita Nazarova was born.
In 1975, actor and Honored Artist of Russia Maxim Averin was born.
In 1983, singer Prokhor Chaliapin was born.
In 1990, singer Rita Ora was born.
Folk omens
If the day turns out to be frosty but sunny, then the winter will be warm.
Thick fog foretells the arrival of a thaw.
The snowfall promises a rich harvest next year.
