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What holiday is today: December 12, 2024 - events and signs of the day of Paramon Winter Indicator
12.12.2024 00:01
Today is Thursday, December 12: day 347 of the Gregorian year. The year ends in 19 days.
The sun will rise at 8:51 Moscow time, and will set at 15:57. At 12:24 the sun will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 7 hours 5 minutes, and darkness will last 16 hours 55 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 25 after Pentecost. Nativity Fast. Day of Remembrance of the Martyr Paramon of Bithynia and the 370 Martyrs with him.
Name days: Denis, Fedor, Paramon, Ivan, Nikolai, Daniil.
Secular holidays
Today, Russia celebrates Constitution Day.
On December 12, the world celebrates International Universal Health Coverage Day and International Neutrality Day.
Today is also National Gingerbread House Day.
Events of December 12
In 1941, the cities of Solnechnogorsk and Stalinogorsk (Novomoskovsk) were liberated.
In 1955, the workers' settlement of Bratsk became a city.
In 1963, Kenya gained independence from Great Britain.
In 1991, the musical group "Lyceum" was founded.
In 1993, the Constitution of Russia was adopted.
In 2008, Switzerland joined Schengen.
Who was born on December 12
In 1766, the historian Nikolai Karamzin was born.
In 1863, the artist Edvard Munch was born.
In 1915, singer Frank Sinatra was born.
In 1922, People's Artist of the USSR, actor Nikolai Salamov was born.
In 1925, People's Artist of the RSFSR, composer Vladimir Shainsky was born.
In 1928, the writer Chingiz Aitmatov and the actor Leonid Bykov were born.
In 1951, traveler Fyodor Konyukhov was born.
In 1977, actor and TV presenter Sergei Svetlakov was born.
Folk omens
A rainy spring is expected if a strong wind blows on this day.
The chirping of tits under the windows foretells the approach of frost.
A warm day promises a long winter.
