Today is Wednesday, November 13: day 318 of the Gregorian year. The year will end in 48 days.
The sun will rise at 8:02 Moscow time, and at 16:27 it will go below the horizon. At 12:15 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 8 hours 25 minutes, and darkness will last 15 hours 35 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 21 after Pentecost. Fast day. Commemoration day of the Venerables Spyridon and Nicodemus, prosphora bakers of the Caves, in the Near Caves.
Name days: Innokenty, Nikolay, Trofim, Ivan, Peter, Alexander, Vsevolod, Artemy, Roman, Fedor.
Secular holidays
In Russia, November 13 is the Day of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defense Troops (RCBD) and the Day of the Service for the Protection of State Secrets.
Today also marks World Kindness Day and International Day of the Blind.
Events of November 13
In 1940, a meeting between the People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs of the USSR Vyacheslav Molotov and Adolf Hitler took place in Germany.
In 1980, the first close-up photographs of Saturn were obtained.
In 1994, Sweden joined the EU through a referendum.
In 2022, a terrorist attack occurred in Istanbul, Turkey, killing 6 people and injuring 80.
Who was born on November 13
In 1955, actress Whoopi Goldberg was born.
In 1958, actress and People's Artist of Russia Elena Tsyplakova was born.
In 1967, singer Igor Nadzhiev was born.
In 1969, actor Gerard Butler was born.
In 1977, TV presenter Olga Orlova was born.
Folk omens
A sunny day foretells a warm winter.
But snow promises a long and cold winter.
If good weather suddenly sets in on this day, frost will soon hit.
