Today is Wednesday, November 20: day 325 of the Gregorian year. The year will end in 41 days.
The sun will rise at 8:16 Moscow time, and at 16:16 it will go below the horizon. At 12:16 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 7 hours 59 minutes, and darkness will last 16 hours 1 minute.
Church holidays
Week 22 after Pentecost. Fast day. Commemoration day of the martyr Theodotus of Ancyra, tavern keeper.
Name days: Fedor, Mikhail, Valery, Fedot, Evgeniy, Elizaveta, Alexey, Hilarion, Afanasy, Veniamin.
Secular holidays
Today, Russia celebrates Transport Workers Day.
The world celebrates Children's Day and Pediatrician's Day on November 20.
Today also marks World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Day.
Africa Industrialization Day is celebrated under the auspices of the UN.
Events of November 20
In 1940, Hungary announced its accession to the Tripartite Pact (Germany, Italy, Japan).
In 1945, the trial of Germany's top Nazi criminals began in Nuremberg, Germany.
In 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis ended, during which a nuclear war between the USSR and the USA almost began.
In 1976, the film "Rocky" premiered.
In 1979, the first patient was transfused with artificial blood.
In 1990, serial killer Andrei Chikatilo was arrested.
The 2022 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Qatar.
Who was born on November 20
In 1480, the explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who made the first circumnavigation of the world, was born.
In 1869, the poetess Zinaida Gippius was born.
In 1925, the ballerina, People's Artist of the USSR Maya Plisetskaya was born.
In 1927, the actor and People's Artist of the USSR Mikhail Ulyanov was born.
In 1928, actor and People's Artist of the USSR Alexei Batalov was born.
In 1942, the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden, was born.
Folk omens
The day began with clear and frosty weather - the winter will be very cold, but there will be many sunny days.
The snow fell and did not melt - there will be a lot of snow until the end of the year.
There is no wind - the winter will be calm and not very cold.
