Today is Monday, October 14: the 288th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 78 days.
The sun will rise at 6:59 Moscow time, and at 17:33 it will go below the horizon. At 12:16 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 10 hours 33 minutes, and darkness will last 13 hours 27 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 17 after Pentecost. No fast. Protection of the Most Holy Mother of Our Lord and the Virgin Mary. Commemoration day of the Apostle of the 70 Ananias, the Venerable Roman the Melodist, deacon, and the Venerable Savva of Vishera, Novgorod.
Name days: Alexander, Alexey, Vera, Georgy, Grigory, Ivan, Mikhail, Nikolay, Peter, Roman, Savva, Fedor.
Secular holidays
Today Russia celebrates Nature Reserve Workers Day, and in Belarus it is Mother's Day.
The world celebrates Standards Day on October 14.
Events of October 14
In 1884, inventor George Eastman patented photographic film.
In 1943, the city of Zaporozhye was liberated from the German occupiers.
In 1944, Tuva became part of the RSFSR.
In 1964, Nikita Khrushchev was dismissed and replaced by Leonid Brezhnev.
In 2002, Orthodoxy was declared the official religion in Georgia.
Who was born on October 14
In 1890, the 34th President of the United States, Dwight Eisenhower, was born.
In 1939, fashion designer Ralph Lauren was born.
In 1944, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, actor Vadim Spiridonov was born.
In 1946, People's Artist of Russia, screenwriter, actor and cameraman Pavel Chukhrai, son of People's Artist of the USSR Grigory Chukhrai, was born.
In 1963, fashion designer Valentin Yudashkin was born.
Folk omens
If snow falls on the Feast of the Intercession, the winter will be snowy and cold.
If there is no wind, the winter will be mild, without severe frosts.
If there is wind, then its direction determines the nature of the coming winter. Thus, a southern wind promises mild weather in the winter, a western wind promises frosts, and a northern wind promises an abundance of snow.
Thunder rumbles – the winter will be short and dry.
The birches and oaks have shed all their leaves – a very cold autumn is expected.
