Today is Monday, August 19: the 232nd day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 134 days.
The sun will rise at 5:10 Moscow time, and will set at 19:58. At 12:34 the sun will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 14 hours 47 minutes, and darkness will last 9 hours 13 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 9 after Pentecost. Dormition Fast. Transfiguration of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ (Apple Savior). Day of Remembrance of the Holy Martyr Nikolai Zavarin, Priest.
Name days: Alexander, Alexey, Anton, Afanasy, Vasily, Dmitry, Ivan, Mitrofan, Mikhail, Nikanor, Peter.
Secular holidays
Today, Russia celebrates Motorized Rifle Troops Day, Russian Sailor Shirt Day, and Frontline Dog Day.
On August 19, the world celebrates Humanitarian Aid Day and Photography Day.
Events of August 19
In 1856, in the United States, Gail Borden patented a method for producing condensed milk.
In 1874, the vest was approved as the uniform for sailors in the Russian navy.
In 1919, Afghanistan declared independence from Great Britain.
In 1944, ace pilot Alexander Pokryshkin became a three-time Hero of the Soviet Union.
In 1991, an attempted coup d'état was carried out in the USSR.
In 2005, Russia and China held their first ever joint military exercises.
Who was born on August 19
In 1883, Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel was born.
In 1946, the 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, was born.
In 1951, Honored Artist of Russia, actor Vladimir Konkin was born.
In 1981, actor Mikhail Bashkatov was born.
Folk omens
If there is no rain, then the autumn will be dry, but there will be severe frosts in the winter.
There are a lot of starlings on the tree - the winter will be harsh.
The beginning of leaf fall promises cold nights in the near future.
The bees are swarming - it will rain soon.
