Today is Sunday, November 17, 2024. Day 322 of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 44 days left until the end of the year.
Sunrise: 08:42. Astronomical noon: 12:54. Sunset: 17:07. Length of day: 08:25. Length of night: 15:35.
According to the church calendar, November 17 is the name day of:
Alexander, Evgenia, Ivan, Ilya, Nikolai, Porfiry, Stepan.
What holidays are celebrated on November 17
General:
November 17 is considered to be Alisa Selezneva's birthday.
This Sunday also marks Black Cat Protection Day, International Students' Day, New Tea Discovery Day, and Tea Washers Day.
And if you take a walk in the forest, you can celebrate International Squirrel Day.
Church:
In the church calendar, November 17 of this year is the 21st week after Pentecost, and also the day of remembrance of the Venerable Ioanniky the Great, the holy martyrs Nicander, Bishop of Myra, and Hermes the priest, the Venerable Mercurius of the Caves, blessed Simon, the fool for Christ's sake, Yuryevets, the Venerable Nicander of Gorodnoyezersk, Saint Nicholas the Confessor, priest, the holy martyr Eugenia, the holy martyr Alexander the priest, and the holy martyr Ismail the priest.
This day in history
In 1855, African explorer David Livingstone became the first European to see a 120-metre-high waterfall on the Zambezi River. He named it after Queen Victoria.
In 1959, the South African company De Beers, Johannesburg, begins producing artificial diamonds.
In 1966, on the night of November 16-17, the largest meteor shower was recorded. Leonid meteors, which appear regularly every 33.25 years, were visible in the sky between the eastern part of the USSR and the western part of North America.
In 2019, the first person infected with COVID-19 was identified in China.
Which celebrities were born on this day?
In 1503, the Italian artist Agnolo Bronzino was born. He painted frescoes, altar paintings, religious and allegorical paintings on mythological subjects, as well as portraits.
In 1749, the French confectioner Nicolas Appert, the inventor of canned food, was born.
In 1788, the Russian actor Mikhail Shchipkin, one of the founders of the acting school in Russia, was born.
In 1790, the German mathematician August Ferdinand Möbius was born, who established the existence of one-sided surfaces (the Möbius strip).
In 1878, the Russian Soviet symbolist painter Pavel Kuznetsov was born, the author of the paintings "Blue Fountain", "In the Steppe. Mirage", "Still Life with Japanese Engraving" and others.
In 1896, Soviet psychologist Lev Vygotsky, the founder of cultural-historical psychology, was born.
In 1898, the Soviet composer and film composer Lev Schwartz, the author of music for many Soviet films, was born.
In 1906, Japanese industrialist and engineer Soichiro Honda, founder of the Honda company, was born.
American film director, screenwriter, producer Martin Scorsese was born in 1942. His most notable films are Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ, etc.
In 1944, American actor, film director, and producer Danny DeVito was born. He starred in the films One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Romancing the Stone, Batman Returns, Junior, and others.
In 1950, East German swimmer Roland Matthes, a four-time Olympic champion who set 15 world records, was born.
In 1966, the French film actress, film director, and singer Sophie Marceau was born, known for her role as Electra King in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough.
Folk omens
November 17th is popularly known as Eremin's Day, Erema - stay at home.
Fog on this day indicates that a thaw is ahead, while frost on the trees and grass foretells the onset of cold weather.
If you saw a mosquito today, it means that the winter will be warm. A mild winter is also predicted by ducks staying for the winter. It is also worth taking a closer look at the chickens - if they cackle, pluck and sort out their feathers, they predict snowfall.
If there are white circles near the sun, then a snowstorm is coming.
Lunar calendar
In the lunar calendar, November 17 of the year is the 16th lunar day. The moon is in the waning phase. It is located in the zodiac sign Gemini.
The Earth's satellite will rise at 16:26 and set at 10:53.
This Sunday is a fairly harmonious day, when everything is balanced. There is a slight excess of energy, which is best used for creativity or physical activity, otherwise this energy can lead to rash and even aggressive actions.
