24679 days before today

Today is November 1st, 2024 (Friday), so 24679 days before today would be:

April 8th, 1957 (Monday)

Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-04:00)

Number of days before today:

• Day numbers: 98

• Week number: 15

• Leap year: 1957 is not a leap year

• Daylight Saving Time: No

• Sunrise time: 06:06 am

• Sunset time: 07:03 pm

• Day length: 12h 57m

• Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous

• Illumination: 63%

• Moon Age: 8.62 day(s)

April 8th, 1957 Holidays and National Days

1975

Frank Robinson of the Cleveland Indians becomes first black manager of a major league baseball team.

1974

Hank Aaron hits his 715th home run, breaking Babe Ruth’s record.

1962

Bay of Pigs invaders get thirty years imprisonment in Cuba.

1952

President Truman orders the seizure of U.S. steel mills to prevent a strike.

1942

The Soviets open a rail link to the besieged city of Leningrad.

1939

Italy invades Albania.

1935

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) is approved by Congress.

1913

The 17th Amendment is ratified, requiring direct election of senators.

1898

British General Horatio Kitchener defeats the Khalifa, leader of the dervishes in Sudan, at the Battle of Atbara.

1865

General Robert E. Lee‘s retreat is cut off near Appomattox Court House.