Today is Tuesday, July 2: the 184th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 182 days.
The sun will rise at 3:51 Moscow time, and will set at 21:17. At 12:34 the sun will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 17 hours 25 minutes, and darkness will last 6 hours 35 minutes.
Church holidays
2nd week after Pentecost. Apostles' Fast.
On July 2, churches honor the memory of the Apostle Jude James, the brother of the Lord, Saint Job, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Saint John (Maximovich), Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco.
Also today, Orthodox believers remember the Venerable Varlaam of Vazhsky, Shenkursky and the Martyr Zosima of Apolloniad.
Name days: Varlaam, John, Maria, Paisius.
Secular holidays
July 2 marks International Sports Journalist Day and World UFO Day (Ufologist Day).
Kazakhstan celebrates Diplomatic Service Day, while Azerbaijan celebrates Police Day.
Events of July 2
In 1776, the Continental Congress passed a resolution to separate America from Great Britain.
The city of Vladivostok was founded in 1860.
In 1900, the second Olympic Games opened in Paris.
In 1932, the Donetsk region was created with its capital in Artemovsk.
In 1976, North and South Vietnam were unified and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam was formed.
Who was born on July 2
In 1877, the writer and Nobel Prize laureate Hermann Hesse was born.
In 1904, tennis player and founder of the Lacoste brand René Lacoste was born.
In 1928, People's Artist of Russia, actress Tatyana Piletskaya was born.
In 1957, actress Alexandra Yakovleva was born.
In 1961, Taxi star Samy Naceri was born.
In 1976, actor Pavle Derevyanko was born.
In 1978, the singer Tatyana Gurtskaya was born.
In 1982, TV presenter Alena Vodonaeva was born.
In 1983, actress Natalia Rudova was born.
In 1986, actress Lindsay Lohan was born.
Actress Margot Robbie was born in 1990.
Folk omens
Bees fly to the meadows in the morning – the day will be warm. If they do not leave the hives or return during the day, there will be rain.
If the bees are “sleepy”, it’s going to get colder.
A rainbow in the evening means good weather.
If it rains in the morning, the weather will be fine during the day.
At sunrise, the whitish clouds over the water quickly disappear - towards a clear day.
If the cumulus clouds have disappeared by evening, the weather will be clear and without precipitation.
Earlier we talked about the events and signs of Yarilin's day.
