13078 days before today

Today is December 11th, 2024 (Wednesday), so 13078 days before today would be:

February 20th, 1989 (Monday)

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

Number of days before today:

• Day numbers: 51

• Week number: 8

• Leap year: 1989 is not a leap year

• Daylight Saving Time: No

• Sunrise time: 07:20 am

• Sunset time: 06:14 pm

• Day length: 10h 53m

• Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous

• Illumination: 99%

• Moon Age: 15.09 day(s)

February 20th, 1989 Holidays and National Days

1982

Carnegie Hall in New York begins $20 million in renovations.

1971

Young people protest having to cut their long hair in Athens, Greece.

1968

North Vietnamese army chief in Hue orders all looters to be shot on sight.

1965

Ranger 8 hits the moon and sends back 7,000 photos to the United States.

1963

Moscow offers to allow on-site inspection of nuclear testing.

1962

Mercury astronaut John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth.

1959

The FCC applies the equal time rule to TV newscasts of political candidates.

1954

The Ford Foundation gives a $25 million grant to the Fund for Advancement of Education.

1943

German troops of the Afrika Korps break through the Kasserine Pass, defeating U.S. forces.

1942

Lt. Edward O’Hare downs five out of nine Japanese bombers that are attacking the carrier Lexington.