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What holiday is today: October 10, 2024 - events and signs of Savvatiy Pchelnik's day
10.10.2024 00:01
Today is Thursday, October 10: day 284 of the Gregorian year. The year will end in 82 days.
The sun will rise at 6:51 Moscow time, and at 17:43 it will go below the horizon. At 12:17 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 10 hours 52 minutes, and darkness will last 13 hours 8 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 16 after Pentecost. No fast. Commemoration day of the martyr Callistratus and his retinue: Gymnasius and others, as well as the Venerable Savvaty of Solovki.
Name days: Akulina, Aristarkh, Veniamin, Victor, Herman, Dmitry, Ignatius, Mark, Mikhail, Nikon, Peter, Savva, Sergey, Fedor, Filimon.
Secular holidays
The world celebrates Mental Health Day, Sight Day and the Day against the Death Penalty on October 10.
Cuba celebrates Independence Day today.
Events of October 10
In 1933, the world's first laundry detergent went on sale in the United States.
In 1941, Georgy Zhukov was appointed commander of the Western Front.
In 1993, the NTV channel began broadcasting.
In 2006, the social network VKontakte began operating.
Who was born on October 10th
In 1813, the composer Giuseppe Verdi was born.
In 1929, the young partisan Marat Kazei, Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously), was born.
In 1968, actor Philipp Yankovsky was born.
In 1984, entrepreneur Pavel Durov was born.
Folk omens
A warm and long autumn is expected if bees are actively flying.
If snow falls on this day, winter will be early and cold.
The leaves are still on the trees – autumn will be long, winter will come late.
