Today is Wednesday, October 2: day 276 of the Gregorian year. The year will end in 90 days.
The sun will rise at 6:35 Moscow time, and at 18:04 it will go below the horizon. At 12:20 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 11 hours 28 minutes, and darkness will last 12 hours 32 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 15 after Pentecost. Fast day. Afterfeast of the Exaltation of the Holy and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord.
Day of Remembrance of the Martyrs Trophimus, Savvaty and Dorimedon and the Monk Martyr Zosima the Hermit.
Name days: Alexey, David, Igor, Konstantin, Maria, Nikolay, Nil, Trofim, Savvaty, Fedor.
Secular holidays
Today, Russia celebrates Metro Builder's Day and Secondary Vocational Education Day.
On October 2, the world celebrates Social Educator Day and Non-Violence Day.
Events of October 2
In 1552, the army of Ivan the Terrible captured Kazan, which led to the annexation of the Kazan Khanate to the Russian Tsardom.
In 1836, Charles Darwin returned from a journey that led to his theory of evolution.
In 1958, Guinea declared its independence from France.
In 1997, Japanese scientists announced the discovery of a human gene that provides biological clock functions.
Who was born on October 2
In 1869, the leader of the Indian national liberation movement, Mahatma Gandhi, was born.
In 1882, Marshal of the Soviet Union and military leader Boris Shaposhnikov was born.
In 1914, People's Artist of the USSR, announcer Yuri Levitan was born.
In 1938, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, actress Lyudmila Krylova was born.
In 1951, the singer Sting was born.
In 1982, the singer Sati Kazanova was born.
Folk omens
Leaves have started to fall from the trees, which means real winter will come soon.
Autumn is expected to be damp and long if it rains on this day.
A clear day promises a dry and sunny autumn.
