Today is December 16, Monday: the 351st day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year ends in 15 days.
The sun will rise at 8:55 Moscow time, and at 15:57 it will go below the horizon. At 12:26 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 7 hours 1 minute, and darkness will last 16 hours 59 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 26 after Pentecost. Nativity Fast. Commemoration Day of St. John the Silent.
Name days: Fedor, Georgy, Andrey, Ivan, Nikolay, Gabriel.
Secular holidays
Today the world celebrates Summit Day.
Kazakhstan celebrates Independence Day on December 16, and Azerbaijan celebrates the Day of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
Events of December 16
In 1631, there was a powerful eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy.
In 1899, AC Milan was founded.
In 1971, the Bangladesh War of Independence ended and Britain recognized the independence of Bahrain.
In 1998, Operation Desert Fox began, during which Britain and the United States bombed Iraq.
Who was born on December 16
In 1770, the composer Ludwig van Beethoven was born.
In 1775, the writer Jane Austen was born.
In 1866, the artist Wassily Kandinsky, one of the founders of abstract art, was born.
In 1872, the military leader of the White movement, Anton Denikin, was born.
In 1935, actress and director, People's Artist of Russia Svetlana Druzhinina was born.
In 1948, TV presenter and People's Artist of Russia Yuri Nikolaev was born.
In 1981, actress Olga Medynich was born.
In 1982, singer Anna Sedokova was born.
In 1988, actor Alexander Pal was born.
Folk omens
Warm and rainy July is expected if there is a lot of frost on the trees on this day.
It's quiet outside and the birds aren't singing - a sign of a sharp cold snap.
Snowfall on this day promises a rich harvest next year.
Author: Dmitry Bobrov
