Today is Wednesday, September 4: the 248th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 118 days.
The sun will rise at 5:41 Moscow time, and will set at 19:18. At 12:30 the sun will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 13 hours 36 minutes, and darkness will last 10 hours 24 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 11 after Pentecost. Fast day. Afterfeast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos.
Day of Remembrance of the Martyrs Agathonicus, Zoticus, Theoprepius (Bogolep), Akindinus, Severian and others (305–311).
Name days: Alexander, Alexy, Ariadna, Afanasy, Vasily, Gabriel, Erofey, John, Illarion, Makar, Mikhail, Feodor, Felix.
Secular holidays
September 4 is Nuclear Support Specialist Day in Russia.
Today the world celebrates International Taekwondo Day and International Archery Day.
Events of September 4
In 1942, Alexander Tvardovsky began publishing the poem “Vasily Terkin”.
In 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis began.
In 1991, Sverdlovsk was renamed Yekaterinburg.
In 1998, Google was founded.
In 1999, a terrorist act occurred in Buynaksk.
In 2023, Storm Daniel hit Libya and claimed more than 11,500 lives.
Who was born on September 4th
In 1929, People's Artist of the RSFSR, actress Nina Urgant was born.
In 1934, People's Artist of the RSFSR, singer Eduard Khil was born.
In 1938, People's Artist of Russia, singer Margarita Suvorova was born.
In 1952, People's Artist of Russia, actress Evgenia Glushenko was born.
In 1981, the singer Beyoncé was born.
Folk omens
If the day is clear, the sunny weather will last for another four weeks.
Thunder on this day foretells a warm and snowy winter.
If there are a lot of nuts in the forest but few mushrooms, then winter will be early and snowy.
A cloudy morning promises sunny weather in the coming days, but winter will come early.
Author: Dmitry Bobrov
