Today is Thursday, November 14: day 319 of the Gregorian year. The year will end in 47 days.
The sun will rise at 8:04 Moscow time, and at 16:26 it will go below the horizon. At 12:15 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 8 hours 21 minutes, and darkness will last 15 hours 39 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 21 after Pentecost. No fast. Commemoration day of the unmercenary saints and miracle workers Cosmas and Damian of Asia and their mother, the Venerable Theodotia.
Name days: Kuzma, Elizabeth, Yakov, David, Ivan, Adrian, Peter, Alexander, Denis, Fedor.
Secular holidays
In Russia, November 14 is Sociologist Day.
Today the world celebrates Quality Day, Speech Therapist Day and World Diabetes Day.
Events of November 14
In 1908, Albert Einstein presented the quantum theory of light.
In 1919, the Red Army took Omsk and defeated the army of Admiral Alexander Kolchak.
In 1968, the first lung transplant operation in Europe was performed.
In 1994, a tunnel running under the English Channel opened between London and Paris.
In 2008, the first ever G20 summit began in Washington.
Who was born on November 14
In 1765, the creator of the world's first steamboat, Robert Fulton, was born.
In 1840, the painter Claude Monet was born.
In 1948, King Charles III of Great Britain was born.
In 1959, TV presenter Dmitry Dibrov was born.
In 1963, the singer Lolita Milyavskaya was born.
In 1984, actress Maria Kozhevnikova was born.
Folk omens
Snow on this day foretells a frosty winter.
But fog or frost foretell a warm winter.
If the stars are clearly visible at night, it promises frost. If the sky is covered with clouds, it will be warm.
