2908 days before today

Today is November 22nd, 2024 (Friday), so 2908 days before today would be:

December 6th, 2016 (Tuesday)

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

• Day numbers: 341

• Week number: 49

• Leap year: 2016 is a leap year.

• Daylight Saving Time: No

• Sunrise time: 07:40 am

• Sunset time: 05:08 pm

• Day length: 09h 27m

• Source: suntoday.org

• Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent

• Illumination: 46%

• Moon Age: 7.01 day(s)

• Source: mooninfo.org

December 6th, 2016 Holidays and National Days

December 6th, in History

2006
NASA reveals photographs from Mars Global Surveyor that suggest the presence of water on the red planet.
1992
The Babri Mosque in Ayodhya, India, is destroyed during a riot that started as a political protest.
1976
Democrat Tip O’Neill is elected speaker of the House of Representatives. He will serve the longest consecutive term as speaker.
1975
A Provisional IRA unit takes a couple hostage in Balcombe Street, London, and a 6-day siege begins.
1973
US House of Representatives confirms Gerald Ford as Vice-President of the United States, 387–35.
1971
Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India after New Delhi recognizes the state of Bangladesh.
1969
Hells Angels, hired to provide security at a Rolling Stones concert at the Altamont Speedway in California, beat to death concert-goer Meredith Hunter.
1967
Adrian Kantrowitz performs first human heart transplant in the US.
1957
Vanguard TV3 explodes on the launchpad, thwarting the first US attempt to launch a satellite into Earth’s orbit.
1948
The “Pumpkin Spy Papers” are found on the Maryland farm of Whittaker Chambers. They become evidence that State Department employee Alger Hiss is spying for the Soviet Union.

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