2978 days before today

Today is November 24th, 2024 (Sunday), so 2978 days before today would be:

September 29th, 2016 (Thursday)

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

• Day numbers: 273

• Week number: 39

• Leap year: 2016 is a leap year.

• Daylight Saving Time: Yes

• Sunrise time: 07:27 am

• Sunset time: 07:20 pm

• Day length: 11h 53m

• Source: suntoday.org

• Moon Phase: Waning Crescent

• Illumination: 1%

• Moon Age: 28.57 day(s)

• Source: mooninfo.org

September 29th, 2016 Holidays and National Days

September 29th, in History

2009
An 8.1 earthquake causes a tidal wave that claims 189 lives in Samoa, American Samoa, and Tonga.
2008
Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 777.68 points in the wake of Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual bankruptcies, the largest single-day point loss in Wall Street history.
1992
Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello impeached for corruptions; he was the youngest president in the nation’s history, taking office at age 40 in 1990.
1990
The YF-22, later named F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.
1979
John Paul II becomes the first pope ever to visit Ireland.
1971
Oman joins the Arab League.
1966
Chevrolet introduces the Camaro, which will become an iconic car.
1962
Canada launches its first satellite, Alouette 1.
1962
The popular Argentinian comic strip Mafalda beings publication, in the weekly Primera Plana; focusing on a six-year-old girl (Mafalda) and her friends, it has been called the Argentinian Peanuts.
1960
General Douglas MacArthur officially returns Seoul, South Korea, to President Syngman Rhee.