Today's Date
Sunday, October 20, 2024
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-04:00)
• Today's Date in numbers: 294
• Week number: 42
• Leap year: 2024 is a leap year.
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
Sunrise, Sunset Times Today
• Sunrise time: 07:48 am
• Sunset time: 06:47 pm
• Day length: 10h 59m
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Moon Phase Today
• Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
• Illumination: 83%
• Moon Age: 18.72 day(s)
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Today in History
2011
In the Libyan civil war, rebels capture deposed dictator Muammar Gaddafi in his hometown of Sirte, killing him soon afterward.
1991
The Oakland Hills firestorm destroys nearly 3,500 homes and apartments and kills 25 people.
1977
A charter plane crashes in Mississippi, killing three members of popular Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, along with their assistant road manager, the pilot and co-pilot.
1973
Arab oil-producing nations ban oil exports to the United States, following the outbreak of Arab-Israeli war.
1968
Jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis.
1947
The House Un-American Activities Committee opens public hearings on alleged communist infiltration in Hollywood. Among those denounced as having un-American tendencies are: Katherine Hepburn, Charles Chaplin and Edward G. Robinson. Among those called to testify is Screen Actors Guild President Ronald Reagan, who denies that leftists ever controlled the Guild and refuses to label anyone a communist.
1945
Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon form the Arab League to present a unified front against the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine.
1944
U.S. troops land on Leyte in the Philippines, keeping General MacArthur’s pledge “I shall return.”
1941
German troops reach the approaches to Moscow.
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