Today is Sunday, August 11: day 224 of the Gregorian year. The year will end in 142 days.
The sun will rise at 4:55 Moscow time, and will set at 20:16. At 12:36 the sun will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 15 hours 21 minutes, and darkness will last 8 hours 39 minutes.
Church holidays
7th week after Pentecost. No fast. Nativity of St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, Wonderworker and Martyr Callinicus of Cilicia.
Name days: Alexey, Kuzma, Konstantin, Mikhail, Nikolay, Roman, Seraphim, Seraphim, Feodosiy.
Secular holidays
August 11th is International Heart Health Day and Builder's Day.
Today, Russia celebrates White Mushroom Day.
Events of August 11
In 1845, the first mainline steam locomotive was built in St. Petersburg for the St. Petersburg – Moscow railway under construction.
In 1969, the premiere of the film “We’ll Live Until Monday” by Stanislav Rostotsky took place.
In 1973, the Central Television began showing the film “Seventeen Moments of Spring”.
In 2003, NATO took command of the international peacekeeping force in Afghanistan.
In 2023, the launch of the Luna-25 automatic interplanetary station took place.
Who was born on August 11
In 1939, psychotherapist Anatoly Kashpirovsky was born.
In 1953, actor and wrestler Hulk Hogan was born.
In 1955, the founder of the MMM financial pyramid, Sergei Mavrodi, was born.
In 1974, actor Oskar Kuchera was born.
Actor Chris Hemsworth was born in 1983.
Folk omens
Warm weather on this day indicates that there will be no cold weather in early September.
There are a lot of berries and nuts in the forest – the winter is expected to be frosty.
If there are few mushrooms by Kalinov Day, the winter will be snowy.
