Today is Wednesday, July 24: day 206 of the Gregorian year. The year will end in 160 days.
The sun will rise at 4:21 Moscow time, and will set at 20:52. At 12:37 the sun will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 16 hours 30 minutes, and darkness will last 7 hours 30 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 5 after Pentecost. Fast day. Commemoration of the miracle of the Great Martyr Euphemia the All-Praised, by which Orthodoxy was established. Commemoration day of Equal-to-the-Apostles Olga, Grand Duchess of Russia, in Holy Baptism Helena.
Name days: Arkady, Euphemia, Lev, Nikodim, Olga.
Secular holidays
Today in Russia we celebrate Cadastral Engineer Day and Florist Day.
On July 24, the world celebrates International Self-Care Day.
Events of July 24
In 1938, Nestle released the first batch of Nescafe instant coffee, which gained worldwide fame.
In 1956, the science city of Dubna was founded near Moscow.
In 1990, the USSR lifted all restrictions related to the sale of alcohol.
In 2019, Boris Johnson was elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Under his leadership, the country left the European Union. Johnson himself resigned in 2022 before the end of his term.
Who was born on July 24
In 1802, the writer Alexandre Dumas the Elder was born.
In 1942, People's Artist of the RSFSR, actress Irina Miroshnichenko was born.
In 1957, the second president of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, was born.
In 1969, singer Jennifer Lopez was born.
Folk omens
The stars are shining brightly in the sky – the day will be good for hunting.
If there is thunder on Olga's Day, there will be a good bite tomorrow.
A spider sits in the middle of a web – the weather will get worse.
The day turned out to be hot – we will be able to harvest an excellent crop of grain crops.
Lots of midges mean there will be an abundance of forest mushrooms in the fall.
