2920 days before today

Today is November 22nd, 2024 (Friday), so 2920 days before today would be:

November 24th, 2016 (Thursday)

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

• Day numbers: 329

• Week number: 47

• Leap year: 2016 is a leap year.

• Daylight Saving Time: No

• Sunrise time: 07:28 am

• Sunset time: 05:11 pm

• Day length: 09h 43m

• Source: suntoday.org

• Moon Phase: Waning Crescent

• Illumination: 17%

• Moon Age: 25.5 day(s)

• Source: mooninfo.org

November 24th, 2016 Holidays and National Days

November 24th, in History

2012
A fire at a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, kills over 110 people.
1995
Ireland votes 50.28% to 49.72% to end its 70-year-old ban on divorce.
1992
US Congress passes the Brady Bill requiring a 5-day waiting period for handgun sales; the bill is named for Pres. Ronald Reagan’s press secretary who was left partially paralyzed by a bullet during an assassination attempt on Reagan.
1979
The United States admits that thousands of troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange.
1977
Greece announces the discovery of the tomb of King Philip II, father of Alexander the Great.
1963
Jack Ruby fatally shoots the accused assassin of President Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, in the garage of the Dallas Police Department.
1961
The United Nations adopts bans on nuclear arms over American protests.
1950
UN troops begin an assault into the rest of North Korea, hoping to end the Korean War by Christmas.
1949
The Iron and Steel Act nationalizes the steel industry in Britain.
1944
American B-29s flying from Saipan bomb Tokyo.