Today is Sunday, September 15, 2024. Day 259 of the Gregorian year. There are 107 days left in the year.
Sunrise: 06:44. Astronomical noon: 13:04. Sunset: 19:25. Day length: 12:41. Night length: 11:19.
According to the church calendar, September 15 is the name day of:
Anatoly, Anton, Bogdan, Vasily, Victor, Vladimir, German, Efim, Ivan, Ksenia, Leonid, Mikhail, Nikolay, Pavel, Peter, Serafima, Stepan, Fedor, Fedot, Philip, Julian.
What holidays are celebrated on September 14
General:
This day can be called in different ways: Weight Loss Day, Dream Coincidence Day, or “Someday” Day.
Today, workers in the forestry and timber processing industry are receiving congratulations on their day.
Church:
In the church calendar, September 15 of this year is the 12th week after Pentecost.
For believers, this Sunday is the day of remembrance of the martyr Mamas, his father Theodotus and mother Rufina, the Venerable John the Faster, Patriarch of Constantinople, the Venerable Anthony and Theodosius of the Caves, the 3628 martyrs in Nicomedia, the holy martyrs Barsanuphius, Bishop of Kirillov, and with him John the priest, the holy martyr Seraphim the abbess and the martyrs Anatoly, Nicholas, Michael and Philip, the holy martyrs Damascene, Bishop of Starodub, and with him Euthymius, John, John, Vladimir, Victor, Theodotus, Peter, Stephen the priests, the holy martyr Herman, Bishop of Vyaznikovsky, Stephen the priest and the martyr Paul.
September 15 this year is also known as the Transfer of the relics of the faithful Prince Peter, in monasticism David, and Princess Fevronia, in monasticism Euphrosyne, the Murom miracle workers, the Discovery of the relics of the Venerable Theodosius of Totma, the Council of Saratov saints and the feast of the Kaluga Icon of the Mother of God.
This day in history
In 1830, the world's first intercity steam railway opened in Great Britain, between Liverpool and Manchester.
In 1916, tanks were used in combat for the first time in the history of world wars. The British threw 49 Mk.1 tanks against the Germans on the Somme River.
In 1917, the first issue of Forbes magazine was published.
In 1968, the USSR launched the Zond-5 space station, which became the first in the world to fly around the Moon and then softly land on Earth.
In 1971, the Greenpeace organization was founded.
In 1997, the Google.com domain was registered.
Which celebrities were born on this day?
In 1613, the French moralist writer François de La Rochefoucauld, author of the philosophical and moralistic works "Maxims" and "Memoirs", was born.
In 1789, the American writer James Fenimore Cooper was born, who gave the world such works as The Last of the Mohicans, The Deerslayer, and The Pathfinder.
In 1828, the Russian chemist Alexander Butlerov, who is called the founder of organic chemistry, was born.
In 1881, the Italian designer and industrialist Ettore Bugatti, founder of the Italian (French) automobile manufacturing company Bugatti, was born.
In 1890, the English writer Agatha Christie, the "queen of detective fiction", was born.
In 1906, the Soviet and Armenian artist-painter, portrait master, animator Dmitry Nalbandyan, one of the most famous official portraitists of the Soviet era, was born.
In 1907, American actress Fay Wray was born, who starred in the films Doctor X, King Kong, and others.
In the same year, the Soviet anthropologist-sculptor and archaeologist Mikhail Gerasimov, the developer of a method for reconstructing a person’s appearance based on the shape of the skull, was born.
In 1909, New Zealand female pilot Jean Batten was born, and in the 1930s she set several world records for solo flight distance and speed.
In 1923, the Soviet and Russian poet and songwriter Mikhail Tanich, author of the songs “Black Cat”, “Well, what can I say about Sakhalin”, “Weather in the House”, etc., was born.
In 1946, American film director Oliver Stone, screenwriter of the films Platoon, Midnight Express, and others, was born.
In 1951, Dutch footballer and coach Johan Neeskens, who is included in the FIFA 100 list of the world's best footballers, was born.
In 1977, British actor, producer, and screenwriter Tom Hardy was born. He became famous thanks to the film "Stuart: A Life Backwards".
Folk omens
September 15th is popularly known as Mammoth the Shepherd, Mammoth.
If the day is clear, then autumn will be warm.
A red sunset indicates that frost is coming soon.
Rain foretells a dry autumn, and low-hanging clouds indicate bad weather.
Lunar calendar
In the lunar calendar, September 15 of this year is the 13th lunar day. The moon is in the waxing phase. It is located in the sign of Aquarius.
The night light will rise at 18:20 and set at 01:10.
This Sunday is a day of self-analysis. If you analyze your mistakes and learn from them, you will be able to increase your authority and strengthen your position in the eyes of others. An increase in creative energy and activity is also likely.
