Today is Monday, July 8: the 190th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 176 days.
The sun will rise at 3:58 Moscow time, and at 21:13 it will go below the horizon. At 12:35 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 17 hours 15 minutes, and darkness will last 6 hours 45 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 3 after Pentecost. Apostles' Fast
Today, Orthodox believers honor the memory of the holy martyr Fevronia the Virgin, the faithful Prince Peter (in monasticism David) and Princess Fevronia (in monasticism Euphrosyne), the Murom miracle workers.
Name days: Vasily, Dionysius, Euphrosyne, Konstantin, Nikolay, Nikon, Peter, Procopius, Simeon, Fevronia, Feodor, Feodora.
Secular holidays
July 8 is the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity celebrated in Russia.
Also today is the Day of the Anti-Aircraft Missile Troops of the Russian Armed Forces.
The world celebrates World Allergy Day on July 8.
Events of July 8
In 1922, for the first time in the world, experiments were conducted at the former Khodynka airfield (Moscow) on the use of aviation to combat agricultural pests.
In 1974, the leadership of the USSR approved the project for the construction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM).
In 1997, Russia adopted a new regulation on passports. All citizens who have reached the age of 14 are required to have one.
In 2022, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was killed in an assassination attempt in Japan.
Who was born on July 8th
In 1839, American oil magnate John Rockefeller was born.
In 1894, physicist and Nobel Prize laureate Pyotr Kapitsa was born.
In 1917, pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union Mikhail Devyatayev was born.
In 1938, People's Artist of the RSFSR, actor Andrei Myagkov was born.
In 1952, director and People's Artist of Russia Karen Shakhnazarov was born.
In 1963, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, actor Dmitry Pevtsov was born.
In 1974, Diana Arbenina and Zhanna Friske were born.
Folk omens
The heat on this day suggests that this weather will continue for a long time.
A wind from the north promises clear weather, while a wind from the south promises rainy weather.
A rainbow over a pond foretells rain.
Dry and hot weather predicts a poor mushroom harvest.
If it rains, there will be a lot of honey.
By July 8, a lot of clover has grown – July will be rainy.
Earlier we talked about the events and signs of Ivan Kupala Day.
