106 days before August 16, 2011
would be
May 2, 2011 (Monday)
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-05:00)
• Day numbers: 122
• Week number: 18
• Leap year: 2011 is not a leap year
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
Sunrise, Sunset Times for May 2, 2011 (Monday)
• Sunrise time: 06:33 am
• Sunset time: 08:27 pm
• Day length: 13h 53m
• Source: suntoday.org
Moon Phase for May 2, 2011 (Monday)
• Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
• Illumination: 1%
• Moon Age: 29.22 day(s)
• Source: mooninfo.org
May 2, 2011 Holidays and National Days
May 2 in History
1970
Student anti-war protesters at Ohio’s Kent State University burn down the campus ROTC building. The National Guard takes control of campus.
1968
The U.S. Army attacks Nhi Ha in South Vietnam and begins a fourteen-day battle to wrestle it away from Vietnamese Communists.
1946
Prisoners revolt at California’s Alcatraz prison.
1945
Russian forces take Berlin after 12 days of fierce house-to-house fighting.
1942
Admiral Chester J. Nimitz, convinced that the Japanese will attack Midway Island, visits the island to review its readiness.
1941
Hostilities break out between British forces in Iraq and that country’s pro-German faction.
1923
Lieutenants Oakley Kelly and John Macready take off from New York for the West Coast on what will become the first successful nonstop transcontinental flight.
1919
The first U.S. air passenger service starts.
1890
The Territory of Oklahoma is created.
1885
King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State.
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