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What holiday is today: September 22, 2024 - events and signs of the day of Akim and Anna
22.09.2024 00:01
Today is Sunday, September 22: day 266 of the Gregorian year. The year will end in 100 days.
The sun will rise at 6:16 Moscow time, and at 18:30 it will go below the horizon. At 12:23 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 12 hours 14 minutes, and darkness will last 11 hours 46 minutes.
Church holidays
13th week after Pentecost. No fast. Afterfeast of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos; Righteous Ancestors of God Joachim and Anna.
Secular holidays
Today we celebrate World Car Free Day, World Elephant Day and World Rhino Day.
Events of September 22
In 1908, Bulgaria gained independence from the Ottoman Empire.
In 1935, the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR introduced personal military ranks.
In 1960, Mali gained independence from France.
In 1980, the Iran-Iraq War began.
In 1991, the Communist Party was banned in Tajikistan.
Who was born on September 22
In 1791, physicist and chemist Michael Faraday was born.
In 1900, linguist Sergei Ozhegov was born.
In 1901, Joseph Stalin's second wife, Nadezhda Alliluyeva, was born.
In 1938, singer Dean Reed was born.
In 1973, actress Maria Golubkina was born.
Folk omens
An abundance of cobwebs indicates that autumn will be warm and winter will be frosty.
If mosquitoes are still flying, it means the winter will be mild.
Wild geese are wandering in flocks, and starlings are not flying south for a long time – autumn will be long and windy.
If the hares don't shed their fur, then the cold weather is still a long way off.
