1597 days before today

Today is December 20th, 2024 (Friday), so 1597 days before today would be:

August 6th, 2020 (Thursday)

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

• Day numbers: 219

• Week number: 32

• Leap year: 2020 is a leap year.

• Daylight Saving Time: Yes

• Sunrise time: 06:35 am

• Sunset time: 08:42 pm

• Day length: 14h 06m

• Source: suntoday.org

• Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous

• Illumination: 89%

• Moon Age: 17.89 day(s)

• Source: mooninfo.org

August 6th, 2020 Holidays and National Days

August 6th, in History

2012
New Zealand’s Mount Tongariro erupts for the first time since 1897.
1997
Microsoft announces it will invest $150 million in troubled rival Apple Computer, Inc.
1993
Pope John Paul II publishes “Veritatis splendor encyclical,” regarding fundamentals of the Catholic Church’s role in moral teachings.
1991
Tim Berners-Lee publishes the first-ever website, Info.cern.ch.
1988
A melee that became known as the Tompkins Square Park Police Riot in New York City leads to NYPD reforms.
1981
Argentina’s ex-president Isabel Peron is freed from house arrest.
1979
Twelve-year-old Marcus Hooper becomes the youngest person to swim the English Channel.
1973
Singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder is in an automobile accident and goes into a four-day coma.
1972
Atlanta Braves’ right fielder Hank Aaron hits his 660th and 661st home runs, setting the Major League record for most home runs by a player for a single franchise.
1965
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act, outlawing the literacy test for voting eligibility in the South.

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