Today is Friday, October 11: the 285th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 81 days.
The sun will rise at 6:53 Moscow time, and will set at 17:41. At 12:17 the sun will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 10 hours 47 minutes, and darkness will last 13 hours 13 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 16 after Pentecost. Fast day. Commemoration day of Saint Chariton the Confessor, Bishop of Iconium.
Name days: Alexander, Anna, Valentin, Vasily, Vyacheslav, Ilarion, Kirill, Mark, Maria, Nikon, Tatyana, Khariton.
Secular holidays
October 11th marks World Day of the Girl Child, World Egg Day and World Day Against Pain.
Bashkortostan celebrates Republic Day today.
Events of October 11
In 1138, one of the strongest earthquakes in history occurred in Aleppo, Syria. About 230,000 people died.
In 1783, the Russian Academy was established.
In 1944, the Tuvan People's Republic became part of the USSR.
In 1961, the first underground nuclear explosion was carried out on the territory of the Semipalatinsk test site.
Who was born on October 11th
In 1739, the military leader Grigory Potemkin-Tavrichesky was born.
In 1963, actor and People's Artist of Russia Igor Vernik was born.
American actor Luke Perry was born in 1966.
In 1993, actress Polina Chernyshova was born.
Folk omens
A south wind on Kharitonov's Day promises a mild and short winter.
The first snow has fallen – severe frosts will hit in the coming days.
The geese have flown south – winter will be early and cold.
Sunny Kharitonov day promises a warm November.
Author: Dmitry Bobrov
