Today is Thursday, November 14, 2024. Day 319 of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 47 days left until the end of the year.
Sunrise: 08:36. Astronomical noon: 12:54. Sunset: 17:12. Day length: 08:36. Night length: 15:24.
According to the church calendar, November 14 is the name day of:
Adrian, Alexander, David, Denis, Dmitry, Elizaveta, Ivan, Kuzma, Peter, Sergey, Ulyana, Fedor, Yakov.
What holidays are celebrated on November 14
General:
This Thursday is recognized as World Chicken Day. Today you can also celebrate Relax and Carefree Day, the day of communicating with the spirit of the evening and the Festival of Broken Lanterns.
Professional holiday – for endocrinologists, sociologists and packaging designers. And don’t forget about speech therapists – today they also celebrate their International Day.
Church:
In the church calendar, November 14 of this year is the 21st Week after Pentecost and the day of the Unmercenary and Wonderworkers Cosmas and Damian of Asia and their mother, the Venerable Theodotia, the Holy Martyrs John the Bishop and James the Priest, who suffered in Persia, the Martyrs Cyrene and Juliana, the Martyr Hermingeld, Prince Goth, the Martyrs Caesarius, Dasius and five with them, the Holy Martyrs Alexander and Theodore the Priests, the Holy Martyrs Alexander and Demetrius the Priests, the Martyr Elizabeth and the Martyr Peter.
This day in history
In 1901, Viennese physician Karl Landsteiner divided all blood samples into three groups: A, B and 0.
In 1903, the invention of the electrocardiograph was reported in the Netherlands.
In 1908, Albert Einstein presented the quantum theory of light.
In 1952, the English newspaper New Musical Express published the first list of the best-selling singles (recorded hits).
Which celebrities were born on this day?
In 1771, the French physician Marie François Xavier Bichat was born, one of the founders of modern thanatology, the father of modern histology and pathology.
In 1774, the Italian composer Gaspare Spontini, one of the founders of the grand opera genre, was born.
In 1788, Russian admiral Mikhail Lazarev was born. He made three round-the-world voyages and was one of the discoverers of Antarctica.
In 1840, the French painter Claude Monet, the founder of Impressionism, was born.
In 1866, Russian artist, writer, and explorer Alexander Borisov was born, becoming the first Arctic painter.
In 1891, Canadian physician and physiologist Frederick Grant Banting was born; in 1921, he obtained insulin in its pure form.
In 1906, Soviet theater and film actor Andrei Abrikosov was born. He played Grigory Melekhov in the silent film “Quiet Flows the Don”.
In 1907, Swedish children's writer Astrid Lindgren was born, the author of a number of world-famous children's books, including the trilogy about the Kid and Karlsson and the trilogy about Pippi Longstocking.
In 1923, the Soviet and Russian playwright, author of fairy tale plays for children Lev Ustinov was born, whose most famous fairy tales are "Forest Song", "The Big Chase", etc.
In 1959, Russian journalist, showman, TV presenter, producer, director Dmitry Dibrov was born, best known as the host of the TV game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”
That same year, English actor Paul McGann, who played the Eighth Doctor in Doctor Who, was born.
In 1963, Soviet, Ukrainian and Russian singer, actress, TV presenter Lolita Milyavskaya was born, among whose hits are “On the Titanic”, “Ranevskaya”, “Orientation North”, etc.
In 1968, Russian singer, musician, songwriter Svetlana Surganova was born. In 1993-2002, she was the soloist and violinist of the group "Night Snipers". Now she is the leader of the group "Surganova and the Orchestra".
In 1984, Russian actress Maria Kozhevnikova was born, who became famous for her role as Alla Grishko in the comedy series "Univer".
In 1989, Romanian footballer Vlad Chiriches was born, who became the best footballer of Romania in 2013.
French footballer Samuel Umtiti was born in 1993. He was named World Champion in 2018.
In 1998, American tennis player Sofia Kenin, former world number four, was born.
Folk omens
November 14th is popularly known as Autumn Kuzminki.
Folk omens allow you to predict the weather for the coming winter and spring:
- If the day is warm, the winter will not be harsh.
- If the leaves have not yet fallen from the trees, then the winter will be long and the next year will be a poor harvest.
- Heavy snow foretells spring floods.
- Ice on rivers and lakes indicates that there will be no warming in the near future.
- A slight frost on this day means that the cold weather will not come soon.
- Mud on the roads indicates that warm weather will last until mid-winter.
Lunar calendar
In the lunar calendar, November 14 of the year is the 13th lunar day. The celestial body is in the "Waxing Moon" phase and in the zodiac sign of Taurus.
The Earth's satellite will rise at 15:22 and set at 05:49.
This Thursday is a day of self-analysis. If you analyze your mistakes and learn from them, you will get a real opportunity to increase your authority and strengthen your position in the eyes of others. An increase in creative energy and activity is also very likely.
