Today's Date
Friday, October 18, 2024
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-04:00)
• Today's Date in numbers: 292
• Week number: 42
• Leap year: 2024 is a leap year.
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
Sunrise, Sunset Times Today
• Sunrise time: 07:46 am
• Sunset time: 06:50 pm
• Day length: 11h 04m
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Moon Phase Today
• Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
• Illumination: 96%
• Moon Age: 16.49 day(s)
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Today in History
2007
Suicide attack on a motorcade in Karachi, Pakistan, kills at least 139 and wounds 450; the subject of the attack, Pakistan’s former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, is not harmed.
2003
Bolivian president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada resigns in the wake of protests centered around Bolivia’s natural gas resources.
1968
US athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos are suspended by US Olympic Committee for giving “black power” salute while receiving their medals at the Olympic Games in Mexico City.
1967
A Russian unmanned spacecraft makes the first landing on the surface of Venus.
1950
The First Turkish Brigade arrives in Korea to assist the U.N. forces fighting there.
1944
Lt. General Joseph Stilwell is recalled from China by president Franklin Roosevelt.
1939
President Franklin D. Roosevelt bans war submarines from U.S. ports and waters.
1921
Russian Soviets grant Crimean independence.
1919
Madrid opens a subway system.
1918
Czechs seize Prague and renounce Hapsburg’s rule.
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