Today is Thursday, October 24: day 298 of the Gregorian year. The year will end in 68 days.
The sun will rise at 7:20 Moscow time, and at 17:09 it will go below the horizon. At 12:14 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 9 hours 49 minutes, and darkness will last 14 hours 11 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 18 after Pentecost. No fast. Commemoration day of the Apostle Philip, one of the seventy, one of the seven deacons.
Name days: Alexander, Ambrose, Anatoly, Anton, Zinaida, Hilarion, Joseph, Isaac, Lev, Makar, Moses, Nikon, Theophan, Philip.
Secular holidays
Today, Russia celebrates Paperless Day and Special Forces Day of the Russian Armed Forces.
October 24 is UN Day. Today is also Polio Day and World Development Information Day.
Events of October 24
In 1897, the first football match in Russian history was held at an official level. The event took place in St. Petersburg.
In 1929, the United States experienced "Black Thursday." The stock market crashed, triggering the Great Depression.
In 1950, army special forces were created in the USSR.
In 1956, Moscow sent troops into Hungary to suppress an anti-Soviet uprising.
Who was born on October 24
In 1862, the founder of the Swarovski crystal empire, Daniel Swarovski, was born.
In 1911, People's Artist of the USSR, actor Arkady Raikin was born.
In 1938, the writer Venedikt Erofeev was born.
In 1985, footballer Wayne Rooney was born.
Rapper Drake was born in 1986.
Folk omens
Winter will come early if the first snow falls on Philip.
A warm and sunny day promises a harsh winter. If the clouds gather, there will be no severe frosts in the winter.
A windy day promises the approach of cold weather.
