2872 days before today

Today is December 23rd, 2024 (Monday), so 2872 days before today would be:

February 11th, 2017 (Saturday)

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

• Day numbers: 42

• Week number: 6

• Leap year: 2017 is not a leap year

• Daylight Saving Time: No

• Sunrise time: 07:32 am

• Sunset time: 06:03 pm

• Day length: 10h 31m

• Source: suntoday.org

• Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous

• Illumination: 98%

• Moon Age: 15.77 day(s)

• Source: mooninfo.org

February 11th, 2017 Holidays and National Days

February 11th, in History

1990
South African political leader Nelson Mandela is released from prison in Paarl, South Africa, after serving more than 27 years of a life sentence.
1975
Mrs. Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman to lead the British Conservative Party.
1974
Communist-led rebels shower artillery fire into a crowded area of Phnom Pehn, killing 139 and injuring 46 others.
1966
Vice President Hubert Humphrey begins a tour of Vietnam.
1965
President Lyndon Johnson orders air strikes against targets in North Vietnam, in retaliation for guerrilla attacks on the American military in South Vietnam.
1964
Cambodian Prince Sihanouk blames the United States for a South Vietnamese air raid on a village in his country.
1962
Poet and novelist Sylvia Plath commits suicide in London at age 30.
1959
Iran turns down Soviet aid in favor of a U.S. proposal for aid.
1955
Nationalist Chinese complete the evacuation of the Tachen Islands.
1954
A 75,000-watt light bulb is lit at the Rockefeller Center in New York, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Thomas Edison’s first light bulb.