Today is Sunday, November 10: day 315 of the Gregorian year. The year ends in 51 days.
The sun will rise at 7:56 Moscow time, and at 16:33 it will go below the horizon. At 12:14 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 8 hours 37 minutes, and darkness will last 15 hours 23 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 20 after Pentecost. No fast. Commemoration day of the Great Martyr Paraskeva, called Friday.
Name days: Maxim, Arseniy, Dmitry, Pavel, Kuzma, Georgy, Neonila, Praskovya, Anna, Afanasy.
Secular holidays
In Russia, November 10 is celebrated as the Day of the Internal Affairs Officer.
Today the world celebrates Youth Day, Accountant Day and Science Day for Peace and Development.
Events of November 10
In 1933, Russian writer Ivan Bunin won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
In 1939, Canada declared war on Nazi Germany.
In 1961, Stalingrad was renamed Volgograd.
The Second Karabakh War ended in 2020.
Who was born on November 10th
In 1759, the German playwright Johann Friedrich Schiller was born.
In 1888, aircraft designer Andrei Tupolev was born.
In 1919, weapons designer Mikhail Kalashnikov was born.
In 1951, People's Artist of Russia, actor Viktor Sukhorukov was born.
In 1963, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, actor Mikhail Efremov was born.
In 1975, TV presenter Tina Kandelaki was born.
Folk omens
The winter is expected to be cold and snowy if it is windy outside on this day.
If the wind is also north, the winter will be very harsh.
Birds flock together and fly away - winter will come early.
