Today is Sunday, October 27: day 301 of the Gregorian year. The year will end in 65 days.
The sun will rise at 7:26 Moscow time, and at 17:02 it will set. At 12:14 the sun will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 9 hours 35 minutes, and darkness will last 14 hours 25 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 18 after Pentecost. Commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council. No fast. Today, Orthodox believers honor the memory of Saint Paraskeva-Petka of Serbia.
Name days: Ignatius, Kuzma, Maximilian, Mikhail, Nazar, Nikolai, Praskovya, Peter, Svyatoslav.
Secular holidays
In Russia, October 27 is celebrated as Motorist Day.
Today also marks Teddy Bear Day, Mother-in-Law Day and World Day of Audiovisual Heritage.
Events of October 27
In 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis reached its peak. It is believed that it was on this day that the world came closest to a global nuclear war.
In 1982, China's population surpassed the 1 billion mark.
In 1984, the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) was put into operation.
In 1991, Turkmenistan declared independence.
In 1999, a terrorist attack occurred in the Armenian parliament.
Who was born on October 27
In 1782, the virtuoso violinist Niccolo Paganini was born.
In 1855, the scientist and breeder Ivan Michurin was born.
In 1858, the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, was born.
In 1944, People's Artist of the RSFSR, actor Nikolai Karachentsov was born.
In 1961, People's Artist of Russia, saxophonist Igor Butman was born.
Folk omens
If the sky is clear and bright during the day, winter will be late and mild.
A strong wind on Paraskeva promises a frosty winter.
The first frost on Paraskeva foretells an early and harsh winter.
