221 days before today

Today is December 22nd, 2024 (Sunday), so 221 days before today would be:

May 15th, 2024 (Wednesday)

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

• Day numbers: 136

• Week number: 20

• Leap year: 2024 is a leap year.

• Daylight Saving Time: Yes

• Sunrise time: 06:18 am

• Sunset time: 08:40 pm

• Day length: 14h 21m

• Source: suntoday.org

• Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous

• Illumination: 54%

• Moon Age: 7.79 day(s)

• Source: mooninfo.org

May 15th, 2024 Holidays and National Days

May 15th, in History

1988
Soviets forces begin their withdrawal from Afghanistan.
1975
The merchant ship Mayaguez is recaptured from Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge.
1972
Gov. George Wallace is shot by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, Maryland.
1968
U.S. Marines relieve army troops in Nhi Ha, South Vietnam after a fourteen-day battle.
1963
The last Project Mercury space flight, carrying Gordon Cooper, is launched.
1958
Sputnik III is launched by the Soviet Union.
1942
The United States begins rationing gasoline.
1930
Ellen Church becomes the first airline stewardess.
1918
Pfc. Henry Johnson and Pfc. Needham Roberts receive the Croix de Guerre for their services in World War I. They are the first Americans to win France’s highest military medal.
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