Today is Wednesday, October 9: the 283rd day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 83 days.
The sun will rise at 6:49 Moscow time, and at 17:46 it will set. At 12:17 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 10 hours 56 minutes, and darkness will last 13 hours 4 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 16 after Pentecost. Fast day. Repose of the Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian. Commemoration day of Saint Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia.
Name days: Alexander, Afanasy, Vladimir, Dmitry, Efrem, Ivan, Nikolay, Tikhon.
Secular holidays
Today, Russia celebrates the Day of the Special Fire Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
The world celebrates Post Day on October 9.
Iran today marks Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Day, while South Korea celebrates Korean Alphabet Proclamation Day.
Events of October 9
In 1760, as part of the Seven Years' War, Russian troops captured Berlin.
In 1981, the death penalty was banned in France.
In 2006, North Korea conducted its first nuclear weapons test.
In 2009, Barack Obama received the Nobel Prize.
Who was born on October 9th
In 1940, singer and musician John Lennon was born.
In 1964, director Guillermo del Toro was born.
Actor Yegor Beroev was born in 1977.
In 1996, model Bella Hadid was born.
Folk omens
An abundance of stars in the sky promises a good harvest next year.
The leaves have fallen, and an early and harsh winter is expected.
A strong wind means a cold, snowy and long winter.
