24 days before January 21, 2002

would be

December 28, 2001 (Friday)

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

• Day numbers: 362

• Week number: 52

• Leap year: 2001 is not a leap year

• Daylight Saving Time: No

Sunrise, Sunset Times for December 28, 2001 (Friday)

• Sunrise time: 07:54 am

• Sunset time: 05:14 pm

• Day length: 09h 20m

• Source: suntoday.org

Moon Phase for December 28, 2001 (Friday)

• Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous

• Illumination: 97%

• Moon Age: 13.22 day(s)

• Source: mooninfo.org

December 28, 2001 Holidays and National Days

December 28 in History

1971
The U.S. Justice Department sues Mississippi officials for ignoring the voting ballots of blacks in that state.
1968
Israel attacks an airport in Beirut, destroying 13 planes.
1965
The United States bars oil sales to Rhodesia.
1951
The United States pays $120,000 to free four fliers convicted of espionage in Hungary.
1948
Premier Nokrashy Pasha of Egypt is assassinated by a member of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood because of his failure to achieve victory in the war against Israel.
1946
The French declare martial law in Vietnam as a full-scale war appears inevitable.
1938
France orders the doubling of forces in Somaliland; two warships are sent.
1936
Benito Mussolini sends planes to Spain to support Francisco Franco’s forces.
1933
President Franklin D. Roosevelt states, “The definite policy of the United States, from now on, is one opposed to armed intervention.”
1920
The United States resumes the deportation of communists and suspected communists.