Today is Thursday, September 26: the 270th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 97 days.
The sun will rise at 6:24 Moscow time, and at 18:20 it will set. At 12:22 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 11 hours 56 minutes, and darkness will last 12 hours 4 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 14 after Pentecost. No fast. Commemoration of the renovation (consecration) of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Jerusalem (the Word of Resurrection).
Forefeast of the Exaltation of the Holy and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord. Day of Remembrance of the Holy Martyr Cornelius the Centurion, Bishop.
Name days: Alexander, Valerian, Erofey, Ilya, Leonty, Lukyan, Nikolay, Peter, Stefan, Julian.
Secular holidays
Today the world celebrates Maritime Day and the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.
Every 4th Thursday of September the World Trenchless Technology Day is celebrated.
Also, today is the Day of Meeting Old Friends.
Events of September 26
In 1960, Fidel Castro gave the longest speech in history. It lasted 4 hours and 29 minutes.
In 1977, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant produced its first electricity.
In 2002, the ferry "Jula" (Senegal) sank in the Atlantic off the coast of Gambia. 1,863 people died. This is the largest maritime disaster of the 21st century.
In 2008, the largest statue of Genghis Khan was unveiled in Mongolia.
In 2021, Lewis Hamilton became the first racing driver in history to win 100 Formula 1 Grand Prix.
Who was born on September 26
In 1849, Nobel Prize winner and physiologist Ivan Pavlov was born.
In 1934, People's Artist of the USSR, actor Oleg Basilashvili was born.
In 1940, People's Artist of the RSFSR, actress Lyudmila Maksakova was born.
Tennis player Serena Williams was born in 1981.
Folk omens
If it rains on this day, the autumn will be long and cold.
The leaves on the trees are rapidly turning yellow and falling off – winter will be early and harsh.
An abundance of rowan berries foretells a frosty winter.
