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What holiday is today: October 22, 2024 - events and signs of the day of Jacob Drovopilts
22.10.2024 00:01
Today is Tuesday, October 22: the 296th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 70 days.
The sun will rise at 7:16 Moscow time, and at 17:14 it will go below the horizon. At 12:15 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 9 hours 57 minutes, and darkness will last 14 hours 3 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 18 after Pentecost. No fast. Commemoration day of the Apostle James Alphaeus.
Name days: Abraham, Andronicus, Constantine, Maxim, Peter, Stepan, Jacob.
Secular holidays
Today, Russia celebrates the Day of the Financial and Economic Service of the Armed Forces.
On October 22, the world celebrates International Stuttering Day.
Events of October 22
In 1944, the forces of the Karelian Front reached the Soviet-Norwegian border.
In 1975, the Soviet space station Venera 9 landed on the surface of Venus.
In 1987, Joseph Brodsky received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
In 2009, Windows 7 was officially released.
In 2022, Giorgia Meloni became the first woman to lead the Italian government.
Who was born on October 22
In 1811, the composer Franz Liszt was born.
In 1870, the writer Ivan Bunin was born.
In 1926, actor and People's Artist of the RSFSR Spartak Mishulin was born.
In 1929, Soviet football goalkeeper Lev Yashin was born.
In 1943, actress and singer Catherine Deneuve was born.
In 1966, the singer, Honored Artist of Russia Tatyana Ovsienko was born.
Folk omens
If it rains in the morning, it may snow in the evening.
If the leaves haven't fallen from the cherry trees, then a warm end to October was expected.
If a mole throws soil out of its hole during frosty weather, it means it will get warmer soon.
