Today is Saturday, September 21: the 265th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 101 days.
The sun will rise at 6:14 Moscow time, and at 18:33 it will go below the horizon. At 12:23 the luminary will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 12 hours 18 minutes, and darkness will last 11 hours 42 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 13 after Pentecost. Saturday before the Exaltation of the Cross. No fasting.
Nativity of the Most Holy Lady of Our Lord and the Virgin Mary.
Day of Remembrance of Saints John and George, and John in Schema, Confessors.
Name days: John, George.
Secular holidays
September 21 marks World Day of Russian Unity, Surgeon's Day, Peace Day and Bone Marrow Donor Day.
Also, today is International Alzheimer's Awareness Day.
Events of September 21
In 1943, Soviet troops liberated Chernigov.
In 1962, Malta gained independence from Great Britain.
In 1981, Belize became independent from Britain.
In 1999, a strong earthquake struck Taiwan, killing 2,000 people.
In 2004, construction began on the tallest skyscraper in the world, Burj Khalifa (Dubai).
Who was born on September 21
In 1866, the writer Herbert Wells was born.
In 1868, Anton Chekhov's wife, actress and People's Artist of the USSR Olga Knipper-Chekhova, was born.
In 1936, the second mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov, was born.
In 1947, writer Stephen King was born.
Folk omens
If it is warm on this day, it means that the autumn will be mild in the future.
A scarlet sunset or sunrise means winds and bad weather.
Frost on the grass in the morning means bad weather.
Author: Dmitry Bobrov
