Today is Sunday, October 13, 2024. Day 287 of the Gregorian year. There are 79 days left in the year.
Sunrise: 07:34. Astronomical noon: 12:55. Sunset: 18:17. Day length: 10:43. Night length: 13:17.
According to the church calendar, October 13 is the name day of:
Alexander, Alexandra, Alexey, Vasily, Vyacheslav, Grigory, Leonid, Matvey, Mikhail, Petr, Polina, Semyon.
What holidays are celebrated on October 13
General:
This Sunday is a great time to celebrate No Bra Day and Treat Yourself Day.
October 13 is also celebrated as Stupid Statement Day, International Losers Day, and Falling Asleep Tree Day.
Church:
In the church calendar, October 13 of this year is the 16th week after Pentecost.
Believers honor the memory of the holy martyr Gregory the Bishop, the enlightener of Great Armenia, the Venerable Gregory of Pelshem, the Vologda miracle worker, Saint Michael, the first Metropolitan of Kyiv, the martyrs Ripsime, Gaiania and with them 35 holy virgins, the holy martyr Procopius the priest, the holy martyrs Peter, Vyacheslav, Peter, Simeon, Basil, Alexander priests, Seraphim the deacon, the holy martyr Alexandra, the martyrs Alexis and Matthew, the martyr Apollinaria and celebrate the Council of Saints of the Chelyabinsk Metropolitanate.
This day in history
In 1492, Christopher Columbus first landed on the shores of the New World (San Salvador Island)
In 1582, in Italy and other Catholic countries, the Julian calendar (old style) was replaced by the Gregorian calendar (new style).
In 1675, Dutch physicist Christiaan Huygens patented a pocket watch.
In 1884, Greenwich was established as the location of the prime meridian.
Which celebrities were born on this day?
In 1713, the Scottish portrait artist Allan Ramsay was born, who gained fame for his formal portraits of Scottish aristocrats in the style of French Rococo painting.
In 1821, the German pathologist and physiologist Rudolf Virchow, who was the first to describe leukemia, was born.
In 1825, the French fashion designer of English origin Charles Frederick Worth, founder of the House of Worth fashion house, one of the first representatives of haute couture, was born.
In 1880, the Russian poet and prose writer Sasha Cherny was born, whose works include “Different Motives”, “Soldiers’ Tales”, etc.
In 1899, the Russian Soviet poet and journalist Alexei Surkov was born, also known as the author of songs (“The fire beats in the cramped stove” and others).
In 1918, the Soviet and Russian screenwriter, screenwriter, poet, prose writer, and bard Yevgeny Agranovich, author of the widely known song “I Drank Birch Juice in the Spring Forest,” was born.
In 1926, American musician Ray Brown was born, who is considered one of the best jazz bass players.
In the same year, the Soviet and Russian scientist, design engineer Gleb Maksimov, creator of the world's first artificial Earth satellite, was born.
In 1934, Soviet and American comedy actor Saveliy Kramarov was born. He played the recidivist thief Fedya Ermakov in Alexander Sery’s film Gentlemen of Fortune.
In 1941, Canadian journalist Robert (Bob) Hunter, co-founder of Greenpeace, was born.
In 1956, American screenwriter, producer and director Chris Carter was born, whose works include the series The X-Files and others.
In 1967, Slovenian lawyer and football official Aleksander Čeferin, the 7th President of UEFA, was born.
In 1993, American singer and model Tiffany Trump, daughter of Donald Trump, was born.
Folk omens
October 13th is popularly known as Mikhail Solomenny, Grigoriev Day.
Snowfall indicates that winter is not coming soon.
The departure of cranes foretells the early onset of a cold winter.
A clean molt of squirrels indicates that the winter will be good.
Lunar calendar
In the lunar calendar, October 13 of the year is the 11th lunar day. The moon is in the waxing phase and is in the zodiac sign of Aquarius.
The moon rises today at 16:38 and sets at 00:15.
This is one of the most favorable and energetically powerful days of the lunar month. The implementation of any undertakings will lead to the desired result with minimal effort. You can safely go on a long journey.
