Today is Friday, September 6: the 250th day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. The year will end in 116 days.
The sun will rise at 5:45 Moscow time, and will set at 19:13. At 12:29 the sun will be at its zenith.
Daylight hours will last 13 hours 27 minutes, and darkness will last 10 hours 33 minutes.
Church holidays
Week 11 after Pentecost. Fast day. Commemoration day of the holy martyr Eutychius, bishop, disciple of the Apostle John the Theologian.
On September 6, the Church celebrates the transfer of the relics of Saint Peter of Moscow, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Rus', a miracle worker.
Name days: Arseniy, Georgy, Denis, Egor, Kuzma, Maxim, Peter, Seraphim.
Secular holidays
Today Russia celebrates Selling Storytelling Day. The world celebrates Redhead Day.
Bulgaria celebrates Unification Day on September 6, while Pakistan celebrates Defence Day.
Events of September 6
In 1522, the first round-the-world voyage, begun by Ferdinand Magellan, was completed.
In 1936, the honorary title of People's Artist was established in the USSR.
In 1987, in the United States, conjoined twins were surgically separated for the first time in history.
In 1991, the USSR recognized the independence of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
Who was born on September 6th
In 1904, director and Honored Worker of the RSFSR Mikhail Averbakh was born.
In 1943, former member of the rock band Pink Floyd Roger Waters was born.
In 1973, the singer Yuri Shatunov was born.
In 1987, gymnast and two-time medalist at the 2004 Olympic Games Anna Pavlova was born.
Folk omens
Rain on Eutychius's Day promises a dry autumn and a rich harvest next year.
Lots of acorns – the winter will be long and harsh.
The cry of a tit foretells the imminent arrival of real autumn with rains and cold weather.
Author: Dmitry Bobrov
