Today's Date
Monday, September 16, 2024
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-04:00)
• Today's Date in numbers: 260
• Week number: 38
• Leap year: 2024 is a leap year.
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
Sunrise, Sunset Times Today
• Sunrise time: 07:14 am
• Sunset time: 07:42 pm
• Day length: 12h 27m
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Moon Phase Today
• Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
• Illumination: 97%
• Moon Age: 13.42 day(s)
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Today in History
2007
Military contractors in the employ of Blackwater Worldwide allegedly kill 17 Iraqis in Baghdad’s Nisour Square, further straining relations between the US and the people of Iraq.
1994
Britain’s government lifts the 1988 broadcasting ban against member of Ireland’s Sinn Fein and Irish paramilitary groups.
1991
The trial of Manuel Noriega, deposed dictator of Panama, begins in the United States.
1978
An earthquake estimated to be as strong as 7.9 on the Richter scale kills 25,000 people in Iran.
1975
Administrators for Rhodes Scholarships announce the decision to begin offering fellowships to women.
1974
Limited amnesty is offered to Vietnam-era draft resisters who would now swear allegiance to the United States and perform two years of public service.
1972
South Vietnamese troops recapture Quang Tri province in South Vietnam from the North Vietnamese Army.
1950
The U.S. 8th Army breaks out of the Pusan Perimeter in South Korea and begins heading north to meet MacArthur’s troops heading south from Inchon.
1945
Japan surrenders Hong Kong to Britain.
1942
The Japanese base at Kiska in the Aleutian Islands is raided by American bombers.
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