Today is Thursday, July 4th: the 186th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 180 days.
The sun will rise at 3:53 Moscow time, and at 21:16 it will go below the horizon. At 12:35 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 17 hours 22 minutes, and darkness will last 6 hours 38 minutes.
Church holidays
2nd week after Pentecost. Apostles' Fast.
Day of Remembrance of the Martyr Julian of Tarsus. Also today the Church celebrates the day of the discovery of the relics of the Venerable Maximus the Greek.
Name days: Alexei, Anastasia, Antoniy, Vasilissa, Georgy, John, Jonah, Yuliy, Maxim, Nikita, Nikolay, Pavel, Terentiy, Feodor.
Secular holidays
On July 4, the world celebrates the Day of Rest from Holidays. The event was created for those who are tired of constantly celebrating something: international or professional dates, birthdays.
The United States celebrates Independence Day today, while Norway celebrates Queen Sonja Haraldsen's 87th birthday.
Italians remember their national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi on July 4, while the Philippines celebrates Republic Day.
Events of July 4th
In 1819, the ships Vostok and Mirny set off from Kronstadt on a round-the-world voyage. During the expedition, the "sixth" continent was discovered – Antarctica.
In 1946, the city of Koenigsberg was renamed Kaliningrad.
In 1989, a Soviet Air Force MiG-23 took off from Poland, but the pilot ejected after 41 seconds of flight. But the plane flew another 900 km and crashed in Belgium when it ran out of fuel. One person died.
In 2001, a Tu-154M plane crashed near Irkutsk. 145 people died.
Who was born on July 4th
In 1790, geographer and surveyor Sir George Everest, after whom the highest mountain on the planet was named, was born.
In 1913, People's Artist of the RSFSR, actress Tatyana Eremeeva was born.
In 1921, the French economist and Nobel Prize laureate Gerard Debreu was born.
In 1927, Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida was born.
In 1930, actor Frunzik Mkrtchyan was born.
In 1981, actress Yulia Zimina was born.
Folk omens
The night dew has not dried in the morning – there will be rain and thunderstorms.
After the rain the sun is hot - it will rain again in the evening.
Clear weather will set in if the fern leaves curl downwards. If they straighten out, it will be cloudy and rainy.
Good weather will set in if the rainbow stretches from east to west.
Earlier we talked about the events and signs of Methodius the Sparrowhawk Day.
