117 days before March 8, 2009

would be

November 11, 2008 (Tuesday)

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

• Day numbers: 316

• Week number: 46

• Leap year: 2008 is a leap year.

• Daylight Saving Time: No

Sunrise, Sunset Times for November 11, 2008 (Tuesday)

• Sunrise time: 07:13 am

• Sunset time: 05:21 pm

• Day length: 10h 08m

• Source: suntoday.org

Moon Phase for November 11, 2008 (Tuesday)

• Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous

• Illumination: 97%

• Moon Age: 13.32 day(s)

• Source: mooninfo.org

November 11, 2008 Holidays and National Days

November 11 in History

2008
RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2)sets sail on her final voyage, bound for Dubai.
2006
Queen Elizabeth II unveils New Zealand War Memorial in London.
2004
New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior dedicated at the National War Museum, Wellington.
2004
Palestine Liberation organization confirms the death of its longtime chairman Yasser Arafat; cause of death has never been conclusively determined.
2001
Journalists Pierre Billaud (France), Johanne Sutton (France) and Voker Handloik (Germany) killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy in which they were traveling.
1999
House of Lords Act reforming Britain’s House of Lords, given Royal Assent; the act removed the right to hereditary seats (sitting members were permitted to remain).
1993
Sculpture honoring women who served in the Vietnam War dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC.
1987
An unidentified buyer buys Vincent Van Gogh’s painting 'Irises' from the estate of Joan Whitney Payson for $53.9 million at Sotheby’s in New York.
1973
Israel and Egypt sign a cease-fire.
1973
The Soviet Union is kicked out of World Cup soccer for refusing to play Chile.