Today is Friday, July 26: the 208th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 158 days.
The sun will rise at 4:25 Moscow time, and at 20:49 it will go below the horizon. At 12:37 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 16 hours 23 minutes, and darkness will last 7 hours 37 minutes.
Church holidays
5th week after Pentecost. Fast day. Cathedral of the Archangel Gabriel. Day of Remembrance of the Venerable Stephen the Sabbaite.
Name days: Anthony, Gabriel, Julian, Sarah, Serapion, Stefan.
Secular holidays
Today, Russia celebrates Parachutist Day, and Cuba celebrates National Rebellion Day.
Today the world celebrates Uncle and Aunt Day, and also marks a professional holiday – System Administrator Day.
Events of July 26
In 1805, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius caused severe damage to the Italian city of Naples and killed about 26,000 people.
In 1914, Austria-Hungary declares general mobilization and concentrates troops on the borders with the Russian Empire.
In 1957, the USSR launched the first multistage intercontinental ballistic missile.
In 1965, the Maldives gained independence from Great Britain.
In 2016, the US Democratic Party nominated a woman for president for the first time. Donald Trump was challenged by Hillary Clinton.
Who was born on July 26
In 1856, writer and Nobel Prize winner George Bernard Shaw was born.
In 1875, psychiatrist and philosopher Carl Gustav Jung was born.
In 1894, the writer Aldous Huxley was born.
In 1913, People's Artist of the USSR, actor Viktor Khokhryakov was born.
In 1928, director Stanley Kubrick was born.
In 1943, rock musician and member of The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger was born.
Actress Sandra Bullock was born in 1964.
In 1967, actor Jason Statham was born.
In 1970, singer and member of the group "Ivanushki International" Andrey Grigoriev-Appolonov was born.
In 1983, singer Zara and model Victoria Lopyreva were born.
Folk omens
If the weather is hot and dry on St. Gavrilov's Day, then the autumn will be warm.
Rooks gather in flocks - autumn will come very early.
Rain on this day promises a poor harvest.
A west or northwest wind foretells a change in the weather.
Good weather will continue if the fish splash and beat their tails in the water.
