Today is Tuesday, October 29: day 303 of the Gregorian year. The year will end in 63 days.
The sun will rise at 7:30 Moscow time, and at 16:58 it will go below the horizon. At 12:14 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 9 hours 27 minutes, and darkness will last 14 hours 33 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 19 after Pentecost. No fast. Memorial day of the martyr Longinus the Centurion, who was at the Cross of the Lord.
Name days: Alexey, Georgy, Evgeny, Ivan, Leonty, Terenty.
Secular holidays
October 29 marks the Day of the Non-Departmental Security of the Russian National Guard.
Today is also World Stroke Day and World Psoriasis Day.
Events of October 29
In 1918, the Russian Communist Youth Union was created.
In 1969, the first data transfer between two computers was completed using technology that became the prototype of the modern Internet.
In 2015, China announced the end of the one-child policy.
Who was born on October 29
Politician Yevgeny Primakov was born in 1925.
In 1948, deputy and actress Elena Drapeko was born.
In 1963, the Chairperson of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, Elvira Nabiullina, was born.
In 1985, actress Ekaterina Shpitsa was born.
Folk omens
If on this day many flocks of birds are visible in the sky, then this foretells a frosty winter.
Frost in the morning signals the approach of winter weather.
Rain promises a mild and damp winter, and a sunny day foretells a frosty winter.
