Today is Friday, September 20: day 264 of the Gregorian year. The year will end in 102 days.
The sun will rise at 6:12 Moscow time, and at 18:36 it will go below the horizon. At 12:24 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 12 hours 23 minutes, and darkness will last 11 hours 37 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 13 after Pentecost. Fast day. Forefeast of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos.
Day of Remembrance of Saint John, Archbishop of Novgorod and Saint Luke of Glubokorechensk (Cappadocia), Abbot.
Name days: Alexander, Andrey, Vasily, Gregory, Eugene, John, Leo, Luke, Makar, Mikhail, Nikolai, Pachomius, Peter, Savva, Stefan.
Secular holidays
Today in Russia we celebrate Secretary's Day and Recruiter's Day.
The world celebrates Rice Day on September 20.
Today is Oil Workers Day in Azerbaijan, Customs Officer Day in Belarus, and Entrepreneur Day in Kyrgyzstan.
Events of September 20
In 1990, South Ossetia seceded from Georgia and declared independence.
In 1992, the French voted to join the European Union.
In 1993, Azerbaijan decided to join the CIS.
In 2002, the Kolka glacier collapsed in North Ossetia, killing 125 people, including actor Sergei Bodrov.
Who was born on September 20
In 1934, Italian actress Sophia Loren was born.
In 1948, science fiction writer George R. R. Martin was born.
In 1954, TV presenter and writer Gennady Malakhov was born.
In 1974, the singer Katya Lel was born.
Mixed martial artist Khabib Nurmagomedov was born in 1988.
Folk omens
If birds fly low on this day, the winter will be cold.
White clouds in the sky mean bad weather, black clouds mean rain.
If the cones on the trees grow low, frosts are coming soon; if they grow high, they will strike closer to the end of winter.
