Today is Tuesday, September 3: the 247th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 119 days.
The sun will rise at 5:39 Moscow time, and will set at 19:20. At 12:30 the sun will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 13 hours 40 minutes, and darkness will last 10 hours 20 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 11 after Pentecost. No fast. Afterfeast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos.
Today is the day of remembrance of the Apostle of the Seventy Thaddeus, the Martyr Bassa and her children, the Martyrs Theognius, Agapius and Pistus, as well as the Venerable Abraham of Smolensk, Archimandrite.
Name days: Alexander, Vassa, Dorofey, Efrem, Martha, Pavel, Faddey.
Secular holidays
Today Russia celebrates Victory over Japan Day and Day of Solidarity in the Fight against Terrorism.
Also in the Russian Federation today, a humorous holiday is celebrated, Farewell Day or Shufutin Day, which is associated with the song “September 3”, performed by Mikhail Shufutinsky.
Events of September 3
In 301, the oldest state in Europe, San Marino, was founded.
In 1783, the Treaty of Versailles was signed, under which Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States.
In 1939, Great Britain, France, India, Australia and New Zealand declared war on Germany.
In 2004, security forces stormed a school in Beslan that had been seized by terrorists.
Who was born on September 3
In 1875, automobile designer Ferdinand Porsche was born.
In 1941, the writer Sergei Dovlatov was born.
In 1946, actor Yuri Kuznetsov was born.
In 1965, the actress and Honored Artist of Russia Marina Zudina was born.
Folk omens
If it's a clear and warm day, then the next four weeks will be filled with good weather.
Early autumn is expected if the tops of the birches turn yellow by St. Faddeev's Day.
It will be a rainy autumn if a lot of rowan berries have already ripened.
If there are still few ripe rowan berries, it means there will be little precipitation in the fall.
