Today is Friday, July 19: day 201 of the Gregorian year. The year will end in 165 days.
The sun will rise at 4:13 Moscow time, and at 21:00 it will go below the horizon. At 12:36 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 16 hours 46 minutes, and darkness will last 7 hours 14 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 4 after Pentecost. Fast day. Council of Radonezh saints. July 19 is the day of remembrance of the Venerable Sisoes the Great.
Name days: Avvakum, Anthony, Valentin, Vasily, Innocent, Isidor, Juliana, Lucian, Martha.
Secular holidays
Today in Russia we celebrate Raspberry Jam Pie Day.
Laos celebrates Independence Day on July 19, while Japan celebrates Women Ministers Day.
Events of July 19
In 1914, Grigori Rasputin survived an assassination attempt.
In 1980, the Summer Olympic Games opened in Moscow.
In 1991, thousands of residents of Tehran, Iran, fled the city in panic when a Chinese astrologer predicted an earthquake there.
In 2003, the world's first tongue transplant operation was successfully performed.
Who was born on July 19
In 1814, the designer and founder of the small arms company Samuel Colt was born.
In 1893, the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky was born.
In 1929, engineer and founder of the Glock weapons company, Gaston Glock, was born.
In 1934, People's Artist of the RSFSR, director Alexander Shirvindt was born.
In 1935, People's Artist of the RSFSR, actor Vasily Livanov was born.
In 1963, singer and stylist Sergei Zverev was born.
Actor Benedict Cumberbatch was born in 1976.
Folk omens
It will rain soon if the moon in the sky has a green tint.
You should expect a cold snap if the moon seems to be in a fog.
If the moon shines brightly, then cool weather without rain will set in.
The leaves have started to turn yellow – autumn will come early.
Earlier we talked about the events and signs of Afanasyev's Day.
