29 days before June 17, 2012
would be
May 19, 2012 (Saturday)
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-05:00)
• Day numbers: 140
• Week number: 20
• Leap year: 2012 is a leap year.
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
Sunrise, Sunset Times for May 19, 2012 (Saturday)
• Sunrise time: 06:15 am
• Sunset time: 08:44 pm
• Day length: 14h 29m
• Source: suntoday.org
Moon Phase for May 19, 2012 (Saturday)
• Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
• Illumination: 1%
• Moon Age: 28.6 day(s)
• Source: mooninfo.org
May 19, 2012 Holidays and National Days
May 19 in History
1967
U.S. planes bomb Hanoi for the first time.
1964
U.S. diplomats find at least 40 microphones planted in the American embassy in Moscow.
1935
The National Football League adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936.
1921
Congress sharply curbs immigration, setting a national quota system.
1864
The Union and Confederate armies launch their last attacks against each other at Spotsylvania, Virginia.
1863
Union General Ulysses S. Grant‘s first attack on Vicksburg is repulsed.
1858
A pro-slavery band led by Charles Hamilton executes unarmed Free State men near Marais des Cygnes on the Kansas-Missouri border.
1856
Senator Charles Sumner speaks out against slavery.
1780
Near total darkness descends on New England at noon. No explanation is found.
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