Today is Monday, December 9, 2024. Day 344 of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 22 days left until the end of the year.
Sunrise: 09:16. Astronomical noon: 13:02. Sunset: 16:48. Day length: 07:32. Night length: 16:28.
According to the church calendar, December 9 is the name day of:
Athanasius, Vasily, George, Daniil, Ivan, Ilya, Innocent, Mikhail, Nazar, Nikolai, Peter, Tikhon, Julian, Yakov.
What holidays are celebrated on December 9
General:
Today, it is not only possible, but even necessary to drink a cup of tea to celebrate Ginger Tea Day.
Also celebrated on this Monday are Loader's Day, White Crow Day, Bayan Day and Ole Lukkoye's birthday.
And on December 9th the computer mouse celebrates its birthday.
Church:
In the church calendar, December 9 of this year is the 25th Week after Pentecost.
Believers honor the memory of the Venerable Alipy the Stylite, Saint Innocent, Bishop of Irkutsk, Venerable Jacob the Hermit of Syria, Venerable Stylianos of Paphlagon, the Holy Martyrs John, George, Nazarius, Basil, Basil, Elijah, Basil, Daniel, Michael, Nicholas the priests, the Venerable Martyr Tikhon, the Martyr Peter and celebrate the Consecration of the Church of the Great Martyr George in Kyiv.
This day in history
In 1836, the first production of M. I. Glinka’s opera “A Life for the Tsar” (“Ivan Susanin”) took place in St. Petersburg, and on the same day, but in 1842, the first production of the opera “Ruslan and Lyudmila” took place.
In 1968, Douglas Engelbart first publicly demonstrated the computer mouse and hypertext, which he or his laboratory had invented.
In 2005, the use of Routemasters – the famous double-decker red buses – on London's linear routes ended.
Which celebrities were born on this day?
In 1717, the German art historian Johann Joachim Winckelmann, the founder of modern ideas about ancient art, was born.
In 1742, the Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele, the discoverer of oxygen, was born.
In 1842, the Russian battle painter and writer Nikolai Karazin was born, one of the most popular battle painters of the post-reform era.
In 1845, American journalist, writer, and folklorist Joel Chandler Harris, who wrote The Tales of Uncle Remus, was born.
In 1868, the German chemist Fritz Haber, who synthesized ammonia, was born.
In 1891, the Belarusian poet, publicist, literary critic, translator Maxim Bogdanovich, a classic of Belarusian literature and one of the founders of Belarusian literature and the modern literary Belarusian language, was born.
In 1906, American female scientist and Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, developer of the first ever compiler for a programming language, was born.
American actor Kirk Douglas was born in 1916. He is ranked 17th on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male screen legends of classic Hollywood cinema.
In 1936, the Soviet and Russian poet and parodist Alexander Ivanov, host of the TV show “Around Laughter”, was born.
In 1952, Russian journalist and political consultant Anatoly Wasserman, multiple winner of intellectual television games, was born.
In 1953, Soviet and Russian theater and film actress Tatyana Kravchenko was born, who starred in more than 130 films. She gained the greatest fame after the role of Valyukha (Valentina Petrovna Budko) in the TV series "Matchmakers".
In 1964, German musician Paul Landers, rhythm guitarist for the band Rammstein, was born.
In 1972, French tennis player Fabrice Santoro, two-time Davis Cup winner, was born.
In 1973, Burundian runner Venuste Niyongabo, the only Olympic champion in the history of his country, was born.
In 1984, Russian film and television actress, TV presenter Ekaterina Varnava, participant and choreographer of the comedy television show "Comedy Woman" was born.
Folk omens
December 9 is popularly known as St. George's Day, or St. George the Cold.
It was believed that on this day bears hibernate. The weather became cold, and people went to wells and listened to the water to find out what the winter would be like. If the water was calm, they expected a warm winter without snowstorms, and if it was seething, they prepared for frosts and blizzards.
If there is a lot of snow on December 9, then by May everything will melt and become covered with grass.
A cold day foreshadowed a frosty winter, and a north wind foreshadowed frost.
Lunar calendar
In the lunar calendar, December 9 of the year is the 9th lunar day. The Moon is in the waxing stage and in the constellation Pisces.
It will rise at 13:16 and set at 00:15.
This Monday is a difficult day. Be prepared to resist temptations, deception and illusions. Try to control your emotions and not openly show your negative attitude towards others.
Increasing contradictions and confrontation will not benefit anyone. It is better to focus on current affairs that require systematic implementation.
