Today is Wednesday, October 16: the 290th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 76 days.
The sun will rise at 7:03 Moscow time, and at 17:28 it will go below the horizon. At 12:16 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 10 hours 24 minutes, and darkness will last 13 hours 36 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 17 after Pentecost. Fast day. Commemoration day of the holy martyr Dionysius the Areopagite, Bishop of Athens, Rusticus, priest, and Eleutherius, deacon, and also of the Venerable Dionysius Shchepa, the recluse of the Caves, in the Far Caves, hieromonk.
Name days: Denis, Ivan, Pavel, Peter, Rustik, Feodosia.
Secular holidays
Today, the world celebrates several holidays at once: Food Day, Anesthesiologist-Resuscitator Day, Allergist Day, Networking Day (Business Ties Expansion Day).
Events of October 16
In 1853 the Crimean War began.
In 1929, the Tajik SSR was formed.
In 1964, China conducted its first nuclear weapons test.
In 1978, John Paul II became the 264th pope and the first non-Italian to hold the papacy since 1523.
In 1983 the group "Mumiy Troll" was created.
Who was born on October 16
In 1854, the writer Oscar Wilde was born.
In 1886, one of the leaders of the Zionist movement, the founder of modern Israel and its Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, was born.
In 1962, opera singer and People's Artist of Russia Dmitry Hvorostovsky was born.
In 1968, the singer and rock musician, leader of the group "Mumiy Troll" Ilya Lagutenko was born.
Folk omens
A cold and long winter is expected if the day turns out to be frosty.
Warmth on this day promises a mild winter.
In the evening, the stars shine brightly - it will be frosty.
Author: Dmitry Bobrov
