Today is Wednesday, October 30: day 304 of the Gregorian year. The year will end in 62 days.
The sun will rise at 7:32 Moscow time, and at 16:55 it will go below the horizon. At 12:14 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 9 hours 22 minutes, and darkness will last 14 hours 38 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 19 after Pentecost. Fast day. Day of Remembrance of the Prophet Hosea and the Martyr Andrew of Crete.
Name days: Alexander, Anatoly, Andrey, Anton, Demyan, Joseph, Isidor, Kuzma, Lazar, Leonty.
Secular holidays
Today, Russia celebrates the Day of the Foundation of the Navy.
Also on October 30, the Russian Federation celebrates Mechanical Engineer Day and Coach Day.
Events of October 30
In 1941, German and Romanian troops began the first assault on Sevastopol.
In 1961, the most powerful hydrogen bomb (Tsar Bomba) was detonated in the USSR (Novaya Zemlya Island).
In 2014, Sweden became the first EU country to recognize Palestine.
Who was born on October 30
In 1735, the second President of the United States, John Adams, was born.
In 1960, footballer Diego Maradona was born.
In 1981, model Ivanka Trump, daughter of Donald Trump, was born.
In 1990, actor Ivan Yankovsky, the grandson of People's Artist of the USSR Oleg Yankovsky, was born.
Folk omens
Winter will come early and will be snowy if it snows on October 30th.
A bright moon foretells warm weather, a pale moon foretells rainy weather.
If there are few stars in the sky, then you should prepare for worsening weather.
Author: Dmitry Bobrov
