Today is Sunday, July 21: day 203 of the Gregorian year. The year will end in 163 days.
The sun will rise at 4:16 Moscow time, and at 20:57 it will go below the horizon. At 12:37 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 16 hours 40 minutes, and darkness will last 7 hours 20 minutes.
Church holidays
4th week after Pentecost. No fast. Council of the Reverend Fathers of Pskov-Pechersk. Appearance of the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos in the city of Kazan.
July 21 is the day of remembrance of the great martyr Procopius, righteous Procopius, the fool for Christ's sake, the miracle worker of Ustyug, righteous Procopius of Ustya.
Name days: Prokopiy, Alexander, Dmitry, Nikolay, Fyodor.
Secular holidays
Today the world celebrates Metallurgist's Day and Junk Food Day.
Panama celebrates Children's Day and Belgium celebrates National Day.
Events of July 21
In 1610, tea first came to Europe.
In 1940, Germany began developing a military campaign against the USSR (Plan Barbarossa).
In 1941, the Germans carried out the first air raid on Moscow.
In 1969, astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon.
In 1983, the lowest temperature on the planet in the entire history of observations was recorded at the Vostok station (Antarctica): minus 89.2°C.
Who was born on July 21
In 1899, writer Ernest Hemingway was born.
In 1939, People's Artist of the RSFSR, actress Nina Drobysheva was born.
In 1946, actress and People's Artist of the RSFSR Lyudmila Zaitseva was born.
In 1948, satirist Mikhail Zadornov was born.
In 1969, the singer Avraam Russo was born.
In 1971, actress Nonna Grishaeva was born.
Folk omens
Whatever the weather is like on Prokopyev's Day, that's what it will be like on Ilya's Day (August 2).
The bees have become angry – the heat will start soon.
Sparrows are fighting - the weather will be good.
If it starts raining after midday, it will continue to rain throughout the rest of the day.
Wet weather has come for a long time if it rains and there is no wind.
Earlier we talked about the events and signs of Avdotya Senognoyka's day.