Today is Monday, November 4: day 309 of the Gregorian year. The year will end in 57 days.
The sun will rise at 7:43 Moscow time, and at 16:45 it will go below the horizon. At 12:14 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 9 hours 1 minute, and darkness will last 14 hours 59 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 20 after Pentecost. No fast. Celebration of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God (in memory of the deliverance of Moscow and Russia from the Poles in 1612).
Day of Remembrance of Saint Averky, Bishop of Hierapolis, Equal to the Apostles, Miracle Worker.
Name days: Vladimir, Alexander, Denis, Konstantin, Fedor, Ivan, Vasily, Elizaveta, Anna, German.
Secular holidays
Today Russia celebrates National Unity Day.
Italy celebrates National Unity and Armed Forces Day on November 4.
Social Worker Day is celebrated in Armenia.
Turkmenistan celebrates Customs Workers Day.
Panama celebrates Flag Day.
Events of November 4
In 1922, after a long search, the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was found.
In 1937, the USSR began producing Plombir ice cream.
In 1980, Republican Ronald Reagan won the US presidential election.
In 2008, the US presidential elections ended with the victory of Barack Obama.
In 2011, the cities of Kovrov, Lomonosov and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky received the title of City of Military Glory.
Who was born on November 4th
In 1894, Marshal of Armored Forces, twice Hero of the Soviet Union Pavel Rybalko was born.
In 1900, actor and People's Artist of the USSR Sergei Vasiliev was born.
In 1956, the singer Igor Talkov was born.
Actor Matthew McConaughey was born in 1969.
Folk omens
A sunny and dry day promises a cold and snowy winter.
If rainy weather sets in, the winter will be warm.
If frosts begin in Kazan, then real winter will come early and will be harsh.
Author: Dmitry Bobrov
