Today is Friday, December 27: day 362 of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year ends in 4 days.
The sun will rise at 9:00 Moscow time, and at 16:02 it will go below the horizon. At 12:31 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 7 hours 1 minute, and darkness will last 16 hours 59 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 27 after Pentecost. Nativity Fast. Day of Remembrance of the Martyrs Philemon, Apollonius, Arian and Theotychus.
Name days: Nikolai, Hilarion.
Secular holidays
Today, Russia celebrates Rescuer Day.
On December 27, the world celebrates International Day of Epidemic Preparedness.
Today is Passport and Visa Service Employee Day in Kyrgyzstan.
Events of December 27
In 1932, a unified passport system was introduced in the USSR and a passport and visa service was formed.
In 1945, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund were established.
In 1949, the Netherlands recognized the independence of Indonesia.
In 1979, as part of the Afghan war, Amin's palace in Kabul was stormed.
In 2008, Israel launched a military operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Who was born on December 27
In 1761, the Russian military leader and hero of the Patriotic War, Mikhail Barclay de Tolly, was born.
In 1832, Russian entrepreneur and philanthropist, founder of the Tretyakov Gallery Pavel Tretyakov was born.
In 1901, actress Marlene Dietrich was born.
In 1934, actor and singer, People's Artist of the USSR Nikolai Slichenko was born.
In 1939, actor and People's Artist of Russia Emmanuel Vitorgan was born.
In 1948, actor Gerard Depardieu was born.
Actor Sergei Bodrov was born in 1971.
Folk omens
A clear and frosty morning promises continued cold weather.
If it is unseasonably warm outside, then the coming summer will be warm too.
The weather is changing during the day - a thaw is coming.
Clouds floating across the sky not with the wind - a blizzard and worsening weather.
