Today is Sunday, October 20: the 294th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 72 days.
The sun will rise at 7:12 Moscow time, and at 17:18 it will go below the horizon. At 12:15 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 10 hours 6 minutes, and darkness will last 13 hours 54 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 17 after Pentecost. No fast. On October 20, Orthodox believers honor the memory of the martyrs Sergius and Bacchus, as well as Saint Jonah of Hankou, Bishop.
Name days: Demyan, Jonah, Joseph, Leonty, Mark, Nikolay, Pelageya, Sergey, Julian.
Secular holidays
This Sunday in Russia we celebrate Father's Day, Military Signalman's Day, Road Workers' Day and Food Industry Workers' Day.
Today the world celebrates Chefs' Day, Air Traffic Controller Day, Sloth Day and World Osteoporosis Day.
Events of October 20
In 1944, Soviet soldiers and Yugoslav partisans liberated Belgrade (now the capital of Serbia).
In 1945, women were given the right to vote for the first time.
In 1963, France conducted underground nuclear tests.
In 1970, the first Sport Loto drawing took place in the USSR.
Who was born on October 20
Politician and entrepreneur Pavel Grudinin was born in 1960.
In 1963, journalist and TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov was born.
In 1964, US Vice President Kamala Harris was born.
In 1971, rapper Snoop Dogg was born.
Tennis player Andrey Rublev was born in 1997.
Folk omens
Frost on St. Sergius' Day promises a cold and long winter.
If it snows today, it is believed that it will not melt until spring.
If the day is windy, the whole winter will be like that.
