Today is Tuesday, July 30: the 212th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 154 days.
The sun will rise at 4:32 Moscow time, and at 20:41 it will go below the horizon. At 12:37 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 16 hours 9 minutes, and darkness will last 7 hours 51 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 6 after Pentecost. No fast. The Orthodox Church celebrates today the transfer of the relics of the Venerable Lazarus of Galicia, hieromonk. July 30 is the day of remembrance of the Great Martyr Marina (Margarita) of Antioch.
Name days: Veronica, Irinarkh, Lazar, Leonid, Marina (Margarita).
Secular holidays
On July 30, the world celebrates International Friendship Day and Anti-Trafficking Day.
Today, Cuba celebrates Martyrs of the Revolution Day, and the Republic of Vanuatu celebrates Independence Day.
Today we also celebrate Father-in-Law Day, Cheesecake Day and Colored Drinks Day.
Events of July 30
In 1502, the explorer Christopher Columbus first encountered representatives of the Mayan people.
In 1898, cornflakes were invented in the USA.
In 1900, child labor in mines was banned in Great Britain.
In 1907, the first bus appeared in Moscow.
In 1937, in the USSR, the NKVD troikas received the right to pass death sentences on “enemies of the people.”
In 1972, the Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric power station began to operate.
Who was born on July 30
In 1863, industrialist and founder of the Ford company Henry Ford was born.
In 1947, actor and bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger was born.
Actor Jean Reno was born in 1948.
In 1970, director Christopher Nolan was born.
In 1973, Honored Artist of Russia, singer Varvara (Alena Susova) was born.
Folk omens
Seagulls are sitting on the water - there will be warm and sunny weather in the near future.
If there are a lot of dragonflies flying around, you should expect rainy weather.
Insects are swarming in the air - a thunderstorm may break out.
It's hot and there's no rain for a long time - in winter there will be little snow and severe frosts will hit.
