Today is Tuesday, September 10: the 254th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 112 days.
The sun will rise at 5:53 Moscow time, and will set at 19:02. At 12:27 the sun will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 13 hours 9 minutes, and darkness will last 10 hours 51 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 12 after Pentecost. No fast. Commemoration day of the Venerable Savva of Krypetsk, Pskov and the Righteous Anna the Prophetess.
Name days: Anna, Vasily, Georgy, Demid, John, Illarion, Lavrenty, Leonty, Makar, Moses, Nikolay, Pavel, Savva, Seraphim, Sergius, Stefan, Feodor, Feodosiy.
Secular holidays
Today, under the auspices of the UN, World Suicide Prevention Day is celebrated.
September 10 is Teachers' Day in China, and Honduras celebrates National Children's Day.
Events of September 10
In 1721, the Great Northern War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Nystad.
In 1939, Canada declared war on Germany.
In 1943, Soviet troops liberated Mariupol from the Nazi invaders.
In 2002, Switzerland became a full member of the UN.
Who was born on September 10th
In 1899, the illusionist Wolf Messing was born.
In 1925, composer and People's Artist of the USSR Boris Tchaikovsky was born.
In 1933, fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld was born.
In 1955, the singer, People's Artist of Russia Larisa Dolina was born.
In 1964, singer Evgeny Belousov and founder of the group "Civil Defense" Yegor Letov were born.
In 1968, director Guy Ritchie was born.
Actor Maxim Vitorgan was born in 1972.
Folk omens
Autumn will be warm if there is rain and thunderstorms on this day.
The cranes have not yet flown away to warmer climates – winter will be late and warm.
Dry weather foretells a late arrival of frosts.
Birches turn yellow from the ground - there will be an early spring.
