Today is Friday, August 2: day 215 of the Gregorian year. The year will end in 151 days.
The sun will rise at 4:38 Moscow time, and at 20:35 it will go below the horizon. At 12:37 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 15 hours 57 minutes, and darkness will last 8 hours 3 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 6 after Pentecost. Fast day. Day of Remembrance of the Prophet Elijah and the Venerable Abraham of Galich, Chukhloma, Abbot. Uncovering of the relics of the Venerable Martyr Athanasius of Brest, Abbot.
Name days: Afanasy, Ilya.
Secular holidays
Today, Russia celebrates Airborne Forces Day.
Today Serbia celebrates Aviation Day, and Azerbaijan celebrates National Cinema Day.
On August 2, the world celebrates International Beer Day.
Events of August 2
In 1922, China was hit by one of the deadliest typhoons in history, killing tens of thousands of people.
In 1933, the White Sea-Baltic Canal named after I.V. Stalin was opened.
In 1996, the last death sentence was carried out in Russia. Maniac Sergei Golovkin was executed.
In 2019, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was terminated between Russia and the United States.
Who was born on August 2
In 1820, the English physicist John Tyndall was born, who was the first to explain why the sky is blue.
In 1934, cosmonaut and Hero of the Soviet Union Valery Bykovsky was born.
In 1961, translator Dmitry Puchkov (Goblin) was born.
In 1976, actor Sam Worthington was born.
In 1981, mixed martial artist Alexander Emelianenko, brother of Fedor Emelianenko, was born.
Folk omens
Rain on Ilya's Day promises a cold and damp August and September.
If the day is sunny and warm, then the next week will be rainless.
A heavy downpour will occur if thunder rumbles loudly.
Summer ends on Ilyin's Day: the night becomes long, the water is cold.
