Today is Saturday, October 12: the 286th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 80 days.
The sun will rise at 6:55 Moscow time, and at 17:38 it will go below the horizon. At 12:17 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 10 hours 42 minutes, and darkness will last 13 hours 18 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 16 after Pentecost. No fast. Commemoration day of the Venerable Cyriacus the Hermit of Palestine, the Martyrs Dada, Gaveddai and Kazdoi, and the Venerable Theophan the Merciful.
Name days: Ivan, Cyprian, Feofan.
Secular holidays
Today in Russia we celebrate the Day of the Personnel Worker and the Day of the Medical Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
On October 12, the world celebrates Astronomy Day and also celebrates Arthritis Day.
Events of October 12
In 782 BC, the capital of Armenia, Yerevan, was founded.
In 1775, the United States Navy was created.
In 1901, the residence of the US President was named the White House.
In 1909, a monument to the first printer Ivan Fedorov was unveiled in Moscow.
In 1924, the Moldavian ASSR was formed as part of Ukraine.
In 1968, Equatorial Guinea gained independence from Spain.
In 1999, the 6 billionth inhabitant of the Earth was born.
Who was born on October 12
In 1350, Prince Dmitry Donskoy was born.
In 1929, People's Artist of the USSR, actor and director Rolan Bykov was born.
In 1935, opera singer Luciano Pavarotti was born.
In 1968, actor Hugh Jackman was born.
In 1977, Honored Artist of Russia, singer Jasmine was born.
In 1988, actress Paulina Andreeva was born.
Folk omens
If there are still a lot of leaves on the trees by this day, then the winter will be harsh and snowy.
Birds flying high means good weather, birds flying low means rain and cold weather.
Warm and quiet day – winter will be frosty, but without strong snowstorms.
Author: Dmitry Bobrov
