Today is Wednesday, October 23: the 297th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 69 days.
The sun will rise at 7:18 Moscow time, and at 17:11 it will go below the horizon. At 12:15 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 9 hours 53 minutes, and darkness will last 14 hours 7 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 18 after Pentecost. Fast day. Day of Remembrance of the Martyrs Eulampius and Eulampia.
Name days: Ambrose, Andrei, Anton, Evlampia, Efim, Hilarion, Innocent, Cyril, Cyprian, Kuzma, Pavel, Savva, Sergei, Simon, Stepan, Thomas, Yakov.
Secular holidays
Today in Russia we celebrate Advertising Workers Day (Advertiser's Day).
The world celebrates International Snow Leopard Day on October 23.
Today is also Kabuki Syndrome Awareness Day.
Events of October 23
In 1946, the first meeting of the UN General Assembly began.
In 1956, an anti-Soviet uprising began in Hungary.
In 1958, Boris Pasternak was named the Nobel Prize laureate in Literature.
In 2002, terrorists took hostages at the Dubrovka Theatre Centre during a performance of the play Nord-Ost.
Who was born on October 23
In 1715, Emperor Peter II was born.
In 1920, the Italian writer Gianni Rodari was born.
In 1940, Brazilian footballer Pele was born.
In 1976, actor Ryan Reynolds was born.
Actress Emilia Clarke was born in 1986.
Folk omens
If warm and sunny weather sets in on Evlampia, then winter will be late and mild.
The north wind promises an early and cold winter.
If the first snow has fallen, it will melt soon, but winter will come early.
Rain on this day foretells a snowy winter.
Author: Dmitry Bobrov
