Today is Wednesday, September 11: the 255th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 111 days.
The sun will rise at 5:55 Moscow time, and at 18:59 it will set. At 12:27 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 13 hours 4 minutes, and darkness will last 10 hours 56 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 12 after Pentecost. Fast day. Beheading of the Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John.
Name days: Ivan, Jan.
Secular holidays
September 11th is the All-Russian Day of Sobriety.
This Wednesday also marks the Day of the Specialist of the Educational Work Agencies of the Russian Armed Forces and the Day of the Migration Departments of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Today in the United States is Patriot Day, dedicated to the victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks.
Events of September 11
In 1941, construction of the Pentagon building began.
In 1944, American troops entered German territory.
In 1997, Joseph Kobzon announced the end of his concert activity.
In 2015, a tower crane collapsed onto the Al-Haram mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, killing 111 people.
Who was born on September 11th
In 1877, the revolutionary Felix Dzerzhinsky was born.
In 1935, cosmonaut and Hero of the Soviet Union German Titov was born.
In 1937, People's Artist of the USSR Iosif Kobzon was born.
In 1961, People's Artist of Russia Fyodor Dobronravov was born.
In 1965, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was born.
In 1966, the singer Lada Dance was born.
Folk omens
A harsh winter is expected if the cranes have already flown south.
If it rains and thunders on Ivanov's Day, then there will still be warm days in the autumn.
The coming days will be warm and sunny if rooks are seen everywhere.
Bad weather will set in if there are a lot of earthworms on the surface.
