Today is Monday, October 28: day 302 of the Gregorian year. The year will end in 64 days.
The sun will rise at 7:28 Moscow time, and at 17:00 it will go below the horizon. At 12:14 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 9 hours 31 minutes, and darkness will last 14 hours 29 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 19 after Pentecost. No fast. Commemoration day of St. Euthymius the New, of Thessalonica, hierodeacon.
Name days: Afanasy, Dmitry, Denis, Efim, Ivan, Semyon.
Secular holidays
In Russia, October 28 is Grandparents' Day, as well as Army Aviation Day.
This Monday also marks School Library Day and International Animation Day.
Events of October 28
In 1940, Greece entered World War II on the side of the anti-Hitler coalition.
In 1944, Soviet troops liberated Ukraine from the German occupiers.
In 1981, the rock band Metallica was founded.
In 1995, a major fire broke out in the Baku metro (Azerbaijan). 289 people died.
Who was born on October 28
In 1936, director and People's Artist of Russia Roman Viktyuk was born.
In 1941, satirist Anatoly Trushkin was born.
In 1955, entrepreneur Bill Gates was born.
In 1957, the singer Roza Rymbaeva was born.
In 1967, actress Julia Roberts was born.
In 1971, Honored Artist of Russia, actor Mikhail Trukhin was born.
Actor Joaquin Phoenix was born in 1974.
Folk omens
The first snow on this day indicates that winter will come early this year.
The direction of the wind can determine the weather today. The south wind promises a warm winter, and the north wind promises a frosty one.
If the day is dry and sunny, it foretells a good harvest next year.
