27 days from April 26, 2002
would be
May 23, 2002 (Thursday)
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-05:00)
• Day numbers: 143
• Week number: 21
• Leap year: 2002 is not a leap year
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
Sunrise, Sunset Times for May 23, 2002 (Thursday)
• Sunrise time: 06:12 am
• Sunset time: 08:47 pm
• Day length: 14h 35m
• Source: suntoday.org
Moon Phase for May 23, 2002 (Thursday)
• Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
• Illumination: 91%
• Moon Age: 11.94 day(s)
• Source: mooninfo.org
May 23, 2002 Holidays and National Days
May 23 in History
1960
Israel announces the capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina.
1949
The Federal Republic of West Germany is proclaimed.
1945
Heinrich Himmler, the head of the Nazi Gestapo, commits suicide after being captured by Allied forces.
1934
Gangsters Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are killed by Texas Rangers.
1915
Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary.
1900
Civil War hero Sgt. William H. Carney becomes the first African American to receive the Medal of Honor, thirty-seven years after the Battle of Fort Wagner.
1864
Union General Ulysses Grant attempts to outflank Confederate Robert E. Lee in the Battle of North Anna, Virginia.
1862
Confederate General “Stonewall” Jackson takes Front Royal, Virginia.
1861
Pro-Union and pro-Confederate forces clash in western Virginia.
1788
South Carolina becomes the eighth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
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