Today's Date

Saturday, August 24, 2024

Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-04:00)

• Today's Date in numbers: 237

• Week number: 34

• Leap year: 2024 is a leap year.

• Daylight Saving Time: Yes

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Sunrise, Sunset Times Today

• Sunrise time: 06:53 am

• Sunset time: 08:18 pm

• Day length: 13h 25m

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Moon Phase Today

• Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous

• Illumination: 65%

• Moon Age: 20.63 day(s)

• Source: mooninfo.org

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Holidays and National Days Today

International Day Against Intolerance, Discrimination and Violence Based on Musical Preferences, Lifestyle and Dress Code

International Strange Music Day

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Today in History

2010

The Mexican criminal syndicate Los Zetas kills 72 illegal immigrants from Central and South America in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

2006

Pluto is downgraded to a dwarf planet when the International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines “planet.”

2004

Chechnyan suicide bombers blow up two airliners near Moscow, killing 89 passengers.

1994

Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) create initial accord regarding partial self-rule for Palestinians living on the West Bank, the Agreement on Preparatory Transfer of Powers and Responsibilities.

1992

Hurricane Andrew makes landfall in Florida. The Category 5 storm, which had already caused extensive damage in the Bahamas, caused $26.5 billion in US damages, caused 65 deaths, and felled 70,000 acres of trees in the Everglades.

1991

Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; Ukraine declares its independence from USSR.

1989

Colombian drug lords declare “total and absolute war” on Colombia’s government, booming the offices of two political parties and burning two politicians’ homes.

1989

Baseball commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti bans Pete Rose from baseball for gambling.

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