Today is Friday, October 4th: the 278th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 88 days.
The sun will rise at 6:39 Moscow time, and at 17:59 it will set. At 12:19 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 11 hours 19 minutes, and darkness will last 12 hours 41 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 15 after Pentecost. Fast day. Afterglow of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord.
Commemoration day of the Apostle of the 70, Kodratus of Athens. Also today the Church celebrates the day of the discovery of the relics of Saint Demetrius of Rostov, Metropolitan.
Secular holidays
Today Russia celebrates Civil Defense Day and Space Forces Day.
The world celebrates Animal Day and Smile Day on October 4th.
Also, under the auspices of the UN, World Space Week starts today.
Events of October 4
In 1830, Belgium declared independence from the Netherlands.
In 1923, the State Bank of the USSR was established.
In 1957, the USSR launched the world's first artificial Earth satellite.
In 1993, tanks rolled into Moscow. Under the leadership of Boris Yeltsin, the parliament building was stormed.
Who was born on October 4th
In 1895, the intelligence officer and Hero of the Soviet Union Richard Sorge was born.
In 1916, Nobel Prize winner and physicist Vitaly Ginzburg was born.
In 1964, singer and former member of the group "Bravo" Evgeny Osin was born.
In 1965, programmer Eugene Kaspersky was born.
In 1984, the singer Lena Katina was born.
Folk omens
If a strong wind blows on Kondratiev's day, the winter will be snowy and harsh.
The south wind foretells a warm and long autumn, and air currents from the north promise an early cold snap.
If a lot of leaves fall from the trees on this day, then the snow will fall early.
