Today is Friday, August 9: the 222nd day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 144 days.
The sun will rise at 4:51 Moscow time, and will set at 20:21. At 12:36 the sun will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 15 hours 29 minutes, and darkness will last 8 hours 31 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 7 after Pentecost. Fast day. On August 9, Orthodox believers honor the memory of the great martyr and healer Panteleimon and the Venerable Herman of Alaska.
Name days: Anfisa, Herman, Clement, Naum, Nikolai, Panteleimon, Savva.
Secular holidays
Today Russia celebrates the Day of the victory of the Russian fleet under the command of Peter the Great over the Swedes at Cape Gangut.
The world celebrates Book Lovers' Day and the Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples.
Singapore celebrates Independence Day, while South Africa celebrates National Women's Day.
Events of August 9
In 1173, construction of the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa began.
In 1905, peace negotiations began between the Russian Empire and Japan.
In 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki, and the USSR began a war against Japan, sending troops into Manchuria.
In 1996, President Boris Yeltsin was inaugurated for a second term.
In 2020, Belarus held presidential elections, which were followed by protests.
Who was born on August 9
In 1894, the writer Mikhail Zoshchenko was born.
In 1899, the English actress and writer Pamela Lyndon Travers, who is known as the author of the Mary Poppins books, was born.
In 1914, Finnish writer Tove Jansson, author of the Moomin books, was born.
In 1963, singer Whitney Houston was born.
Folk omens
It will rain soon if the ants have started to seal up the entrances to the anthill.
Grasshoppers chirp loudly – hot and dry weather will set in.
In the evenings, dung beetles flew away - warm summer weather will continue, there will be no cold snap in the near future.
Ducks quack loudly and splash in the water - the weather will start to deteriorate, it will rain.
Author: Dmitry Bobrov
