10504 days before today

Today is November 27th, 2024 (Wednesday), so 10504 days before today would be:

February 24th, 1996 (Saturday)

Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-05:00)

• Day numbers: 55

• Week number: 8

• Leap year: 1996 is a leap year.

• Daylight Saving Time: No

• Sunrise time: 07:15 am

• Sunset time: 06:17 pm

• Day length: 11h 01m

• Source: suntoday.org

• Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent

• Illumination: 37%

• Moon Age: 6.23 day(s)

• Source: mooninfo.org

February 24th, 1996 Holidays and National Days

February 24th, in History

1991
General Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of the coalition army, sends in ground forces during the Gulf War.
1972
Hanoi negotiators walk out of the peace talks in Paris to protest U.S. air raids on North Vietnam.
1968
North Vietnamese troops capture the imperial palace in Hue, South Vietnam.
1959
Khrushchev rejects the Western plan for the Big Four meeting on Germany.
1947
Franz von Papen is sentenced to eight years in a labor camp for war crimes.
1945
U.S. forces liberate prisoners of war in the Los Baños Prison in the Philippines.
1944
Merrill’s Marauders, a specially trained group of American soldiers, begin their ground campaign against Japan into Burma.
1928
The New Gallery of New York exhibits works of Archibald Motley, its first show to feature a black artist.
1921
Herbert Hoover becomes Secretary of Commerce.