Today is December 9, Monday: day 344 of the Gregorian year. The year ends in 22 days.
The sun will rise at 8:48 Moscow time, and at 15:58 it will go below the horizon. At 12:22 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 7 hours 10 minutes, and darkness will last 16 hours 50 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 25 after Pentecost. Nativity Fast. Commemoration Day of St. Alipy the Stylite and St. Innocent (Kulchitsky), Bishop of Irkutsk.
Name days: Daniel, Julian, George, Vasily, Peter, Nazar, Athanasius, Ilya, Yakov, Innocent.
Secular holidays
Today, the Russian Federation celebrates Heroes of Russia Day.
Also, December 9 marks the Day of the establishment of departmental security of Russian railway transport.
Today the world celebrates International Anti-Corruption Day and the International Day of Remembrance and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime.
Events of December 9
In 1917, as part of World War I, the British army occupied Jerusalem.
In 1940, as part of World War II, Great Britain launched Operation Compass, the goal of which was to recapture Egypt from Italy.
In 1961, the "architect of the Holocaust" Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death in Jerusalem.
In 2003, a terrorist attack occurred near the National Hotel in Moscow.
Who was born on December 9th
Actor Kirk Douglas was born in 1916.
In 1952, journalist and politician Anatoly Wasserman was born.
In 1953, actress and People's Artist of Russia Tatyana Kravchenko was born.
In 1954, Senator Elena Mizulina was born.
In 1984, TV presenter and actress Ekaterina Varnava was born.
Folk omens
Clear weather on this day foretells a good harvest next year.
The west wind promises a mild winter, the east wind warns of approaching frosts.
Snow on this day promises snowfalls in the middle of winter.
Author: Dmitry Bobrov
