Today is Thursday, December 26: day 361 of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 5 days.
The sun will rise at 9:00 Moscow time, and at 16:02 it will go below the horizon. At 12:31 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 27 after Pentecost. Nativity Fast. Day of Remembrance of the Martyrs Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugenius, Mardarius and Orestes.
Name days: German, Ivan, Nikolai, Arkady, Vladimir, Arseniy, Gabriel, Orest, Alexander, Evgeniy.
Secular holidays
Today, Russia celebrates the Day of Air Defense Forces of the Russian Ground Forces.
Slovenia celebrates Independence and Unity Day on December 26.
Today, the world also celebrates Boxing Day.
Events of December 26
In 1825, Nicholas I ascended to the throne in the Russian Empire and the Decembrist uprising began.
In 1978, the first ever Paris-Dakar rally took place.
In 1987, a metro was opened in Samara.
In 2004, a massive earthquake struck the Indian Ocean, causing the deadliest tsunami in history. More than 220,000 people died.
Who was born on December 26
In 1869, Genrikh Graftio, an energy engineer, builder of the first Soviet hydroelectric power stations, and academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences, was born.
In 1893, the first leader of the People's Republic of China, the leader of the socialist revolution in China, Mao Zedong, was born.
In 1949, People's Artist of the RSFSR, actor Mikhail Boyarsky was born.
Rock musician and actor Jared Leto was born in 1971.
Folk omens
A clear frosty morning foreshadowed persistent cold weather without any unexpected thaws.
A long snowfall without wind promises a calm and predictable winter.
The wind blower foretells unstable weather. There will be sharp transitions from thaw to frost.
Author: Dmitry Bobrov
