272 days before today
Today is November 19th, 2024 (Tuesday), so 272 days before today would be:
February 21st, 2024 (Wednesday)
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-05:00)
Number of days before today:
• Day numbers: 52
• Week number: 8
• Leap year: 2024 is a leap year.
• Daylight Saving Time: No
February 21st, 2024 Holidays and National Days
February 21st, in History
1974
A report claims that the use of defoliants by the U.S. has scarred Vietnam for a century.
1972
Richard Nixon arrives in Beijing, China, becoming the first U.S. president to visit a country not diplomatically recognized by the U.S.
1965
El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcom X) is assassinated in front of 400 people.
1960
Havana places all Cuban industry under direct control of the government.
1956
A grand jury in Montgomery, Alabama indicts 115 in a Negro bus boycott.
1951
The U. S. Eighth Army launches Operation Killer, a counterattack to push Chinese forces north of the Han River in Korea.
1949
Nicaragua and Costa Rica sign a friendship treaty ending hostilities over their borders.
1944
Hideki Tojo becomes chief of staff of the Japanese army.
1940
The Germans begin construction of a concentration camp at Auschwitz.
1916
The Battle of Verdun begins with an unprecedented German artillery barrage of the French lines.
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