Today is Friday, October 18: the 292nd day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 74 days.
The sun will rise at 7:07 Moscow time, and at 17:23 it will go below the horizon. At 12:15 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 10 hours 15 minutes, and darkness will last 13 hours 45 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 17 after Pentecost. Fast day. Commemoration day of the Martyr Charitina of Amisus (Pontus).
Name days: Alexandra, Alexey, Gabriel, Gregory, Demyan, Denis, Evdokim, Jonah, Innocent, Kuzma, Makar, Matvey, Peter, Tikhon, Philip.
Secular holidays
Today the world celebrates Candy Day and Tie Day.
Azerbaijan celebrates Independence Day.
Events of October 18
In 1941, Soviet intelligence officer Richard Sorge was arrested in Tokyo.
In 1944, Soviet troops entered the territory of Czechoslovakia.
In 1967, the Venera 4 spacecraft entered the atmosphere of Venus and began to study it.
In 2002, the governor of the Magadan region, Valentin Tsvetkov, was killed in the center of Moscow.
Who was born on October 18
Science fiction writer Kir Bulychev was born in 1934.
In 1960, actor Jean-Claude Van Damme was born.
In 1973, People's Artist of Russia, actor Sergei Bezrukov was born.
In 1982, the singer Svetlana Loboda was born.
Actor Zac Efron was born in 1987.
Folk omens
If snow falls on October 18, winter will come early and cold.
The sun shines brightly on this day – autumn will be long and warm.
If the moon appears bright and clearly defined, this is a sign that frost is approaching.
