Today is Tuesday, November 5th: day 310 of the Gregorian year. The year will end in 56 days.
The sun will rise at 7:45 Moscow time, and at 16:43 it will go below the horizon. At 12:14 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 8 hours 57 minutes, and darkness will last 15 hours 3 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 20 after Pentecost. No fast. Commemoration day of the Apostle James, one of the 70, the brother of the Lord in the flesh.
Name days: Yakov, Nikolai, Ivan, Maxim, Vladimir, Alexander, Ignatius, Emelyan, Afanasy, Peter.
Secular holidays
Russia and Belarus celebrate Military Intelligence Officer Day on November 5.
Today, under the auspices of the UN, World Tsunami Awareness Day is being celebrated.
Events of November 5
In 1940, Franklin Roosevelt became the first politician (and so far the only one) to be elected President of the United States for the third time.
In 1955, the first tests of the Tu-104 turbojet aircraft took place.
In 1968, Republican Richard Nixon became President of the United States.
In 1996, Russian President Boris Yeltsin underwent heart surgery, and Democrat Bill Clinton became President of the United States.
In 2006, Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death.
Who was born on November 5th
In 1913, actress and two-time Oscar winner Vivien Leigh was born.
In 1954, American economist Jeffrey Sachs was born, who participated in the development of “shock therapy” in Russia, Poland and Bolivia.
In 1981, TV presenter Ksenia Sobak was born.
In 1987, actor Pavel Priluchny was born.
Folk omens
If cold and frosty weather sets in on this day, then the winter will be snowy and protracted.
Strong winds foretell a cold winter with frequent thaws.
Clear weather promises severe frosts already at the end of November.
