Today is Friday, November 15: day 320 of the Gregorian year. The year will end in 46 days.
The sun will rise at 8:06 Moscow time, and at 16:24 it will go below the horizon. At 12:15 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 8 hours 17 minutes, and darkness will last 15 hours 43 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 24 after Pentecost. Fast day. Commemoration day of the martyrs Akindynos, Pigasius, Aphthonius, Elpidiphoros, Anempodistus and others like them.
Name days: Cyprian, Constantine, Mark, Dominica.
Secular holidays
Today, Russia celebrates the Day of the Creation of Units to Combat Organized Crime.
The Russian Federation also celebrates All-Russian Conscript Day.
Today the world celebrates Recycling Day.
Events of November 15
In 1905, the execution of rebellious sailors took place in Sevastopol.
In 1933, regular trolleybus service began in Moscow.
In 1982, the funeral of the General Secretary of the USSR Leonid Brezhnev took place.
In 2012, Xi Jinping became General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
In 2022, the UN announced that the Earth's population had exceeded the 8 billion mark.
Who was born on November 15th
In 1866, the actress and People's Artist of the USSR Alexandra Yablochkina was born.
In 1895, the eldest daughter of Emperor Nicholas II, Olga Nikolaevna, was born.
In 1953, Honored Artist of Russia, actor Igor Livanov was born.
In 1956, TV presenter and general director of the Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard Maxim Nikulin was born.
Folk omens
A cloudy day foretells a snowy winter. Sunny weather promises a frosty but dry winter.
It will soon get colder if the crows are mostly walking on the ground or flying low.
Winter will be mild if the snow falls evenly and there is no wind.
