Today is Monday, November 18: day 323 of the Gregorian year. The year will end in 43 days.
The sun will rise at 8:12 Moscow time, and at 16:19 it will go below the horizon. At 12:15 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 8 hours 6 minutes, and darkness will last 15 hours 54 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 22 after Pentecost. No fast. Commemoration day of the martyrs Galaktion and Epistimia, Saint Jonah, Archbishop of Novgorod, Saint Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia.
Name days: Pamphilus, Timofey, Gabriel, Galaktion.
Secular holidays
Today Russia celebrates Father Frost's birthday.
Latvia celebrates Independence Day today, while Mexico celebrates Revolution Day.
Events of November 18
In 1916, one of the bloodiest battles of the First World War ended – the Battle of the Somme.
In 1918, the evacuation of German troops from France began.
In 1981, US President Ronald Reagan offered to stop the deployment of missiles in Europe if the USSR dismantled its medium-range missiles aimed at Western European cities.
Who was born on November 18
In 1899, a pilot, one of the first Heroes of the Soviet Union, and participant in the rescue of the Chelyuskin crew, Mikhail Vodopyanov, was born.
In 1927, director and People's Artist of the USSR Eldar Ryazanov was born.
In 1950, the singer Mikhail Muromov was born.
In 1981, Russian actress Emilia Spivak was born.
Folk omens
On November 18th it snowed – the winter will be snowy and harsh.
The day was clear, but cold – the winter will be frosty.
A harsh winter is expected if the wind blows from the north.
Frost on this day signals the approach of frost. Cloudy weather foretells a thaw.
