Today is Tuesday, October 1st: the 275th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 91 days.
The sun will rise at 6:33 Moscow time, and at 18:06 it will set. At 12:20 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 11 hours 33 minutes, and darkness will last 12 hours 27 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 15 after Pentecost. No fast. Afterfeast of the Exaltation of the Holy and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord.
Day of Remembrance of the Martyr Ariadne of Promise (Phrygia).
Name days: Alexey, Ariadna, Arkady, Boris, Veniamin, Vladimir, Euphrosyne, Hilarion, Ivan, Irina, Konstantin, Mikhail, Peter, Sergey, Sofia.
Secular holidays
Today, Russia celebrates Ground Forces Day.
On October 1st, the world celebrates International Day of Older Persons, Music Day and Vegetarian Day.
Events of October 1st
In 1895, France took possession of Madagascar.
In 1908, Henry Ford introduced the Ford Lizzie (Model T). The car became the most popular in the first quarter of the 20th century.
In 1924, the Satire Theatre opened in Moscow.
In 1949, the People's Republic of China (PRC) was proclaimed.
In 2017, the Las Vegas shooting became one of the bloodiest in US history.
Who was born on October 1st
In 1754, the Russian Emperor Paul I was born.
In 1881, designer William Boeing was born and founded the Boeing company.
In 1903, Hero of the Soviet Union, one of the first partisans of the Great Patriotic War, Mikhail Guryanov, was born.
In 1910, the famous bank robber Bonnie Parker was born.
In 1927, People's Artist of the USSR, actor Oleg Efremov was born.
In 1975, People's Artist of Russia, actress Chulpan Khamatova was born.
Folk omens
If it snows on Arina's day, then winter will be early and cold.
Clear weather on this day foretells a dry and warm autumn.
A rich harvest of rose hips promises a harsh winter.
