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What holiday is today: October 3, 2024 - events and signs of the day of Astafia Vetryak
03.10.2024 00:01
Today is Thursday, October 3: the 277th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 89 days.
The sun will rise at 6:37 Moscow time, and at 18:01 it will go below the horizon. At 12:19 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 11 hours 24 minutes, and darkness will last 12 hours 36 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 15 after Pentecost. No fast. Afterfeast of the Exaltation of the Holy and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord.
Day of Remembrance of the Great Martyr Eustathius Placidus, his wife the Martyr Theopistia and their children the Martyrs Agapius and Theopistus.
Name days: Alexander, Hilarion, Ivan, Mikhail, Oleg, Tatyana, Fedor.
Secular holidays
October 3 is OMON Day in Russia.
Today the world celebrates the Day of Sobriety and the Fight against Alcoholism.
Events of October 3
In 1929, the USSR and Great Britain restored diplomatic relations.
In 1932, Iraq gained independence from Great Britain.
In 1935, Italy invaded Ethiopia.
In 1938, Perm Oblast was formed.
In 1952, Britain conducted its first nuclear weapons test.
In 1990, the unification of Germany took place.
Who was born on October 3
In 1895, the poet Sergei Yesenin was born.
In 1935, People's Artist of the USSR, actor Armen Dzhigarkhanyan was born.
In 1977, actress Valentina Rubtsova was born.
In 1981, Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic was born.
Folk omens
If the north wind blows, frosts will soon hit. If it blows from the south, it will soon get warmer. A west wind foretells rain.
If the weather is damp, then snow is still a long way off.
Dry weather indicates that there will be little snow in winter.
