Today is Friday, December 20: day 355 of the Gregorian year. The year ends in 11 days.
The sun will rise at 8:58 Moscow time, and at 15:58 it will set. At 12:28 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 7 hours, and darkness will last 17 hours.
Church holidays
Week 26 after Pentecost. Nativity Fast. Commemoration Day of Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Milan.
Name days: Mikhail, Galaktion, Pavel, Sergei, Leo, Ignatius, Ivan, Gregory, Anton, Peter.
Secular holidays
Today, Russia celebrates Security Agency Workers Day.
The world celebrates International Human Solidarity Day on December 20.
Also, every third Friday in December the world celebrates Loser's Day.
Events of December 20
In 1408, the army of Khan Edigei retreated from the walls of Moscow, which ended the last major raid of the Golden Horde on Rus'.
In 1828, Canada established diplomatic relations with Russia.
In 1879, Thomas Edison demonstrated the principle of the incandescent light bulb.
In 1924, Adolf Hitler was sentenced to prison for treason.
In 1939, Stalin Prizes were established.
In 1999, Portugal transferred the island of Macau to China.
Who was born on December 20
In 1629, the Dutch artist Pieter de Hooch was born.
In 1901, the inventor of the electrostatic generator, Robert Van de Graaff, was born.
In 1985, actress Elizaveta Boyarskaya was born.
In 1998, French footballer Kylian Mbappe was born.
Folk omens
A clear and frosty morning indicates long-term stable cold weather.
Strong winds and light snow promise changeable weather in the near future.
A cloudy evening foretells damp weather with possible thaws closer to the holidays.
