1557 days before today

Today is December 23rd, 2024 (Monday), so 1557 days before today would be:

September 18th, 2020 (Friday)

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

• Day numbers: 262

• Week number: 38

• Leap year: 2020 is a leap year.

• Daylight Saving Time: Yes

• Sunrise time: 07:16 am

• Sunset time: 07:38 pm

• Day length: 12h 22m

• Source: suntoday.org

• Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent

• Illumination: 3%

• Moon Age: 1.74 day(s)

• Source: mooninfo.org

September 18th, 2020 Holidays and National Days

September 18th, in History

2009
The US television soap opera The Guiding Light broadcasts its final episode, ending a 72-year run that began on radio.
1998
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is formed to coordinate unique identifying addresses for Websites worldwide.
1980
Cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo, a Cuban, becomes the first black to be sent on a mission in space.
1977
Voyager I takes first photo of Earth and the Moon together.
1975
Patty Hearst, granddaughter of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped by violent radical group SLA (Symbionese Liberation Army); she will later take part in some of the group’s militant activities and will be captured by FBI agents.
1973
East and West Germany and The Bahamas are admitted to United Nations.
1964
U.S. destroyers fire on hostile targets in Vietnam.
1961
UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold is killed in a plane crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the Congo.
1960
Two thousand cheer Fidel Castro’s arrival in New York for the United Nations session.
1948
Margaret Chase Smith becomes the first woman elected to the Senate without completing another senator’s term when she defeats Democratic opponent Adrian Scolten. Smith is also the only woman to be elected to and serve in both houses of Congress.