53 days before August 1, 2004
would be
June 9, 2004 (Wednesday)
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-04:00)
• Day numbers: 161
• Week number: 24
• Leap year: 2004 is a leap year.
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
Sunrise, Sunset Times for June 9, 2004 (Wednesday)
• Sunrise time: 06:04 am
• Sunset time: 09:00 pm
• Day length: 14h 56m
• Source: suntoday.org
Moon Phase for June 9, 2004 (Wednesday)
• Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
• Illumination: 48%
• Moon Age: 22.26 day(s)
• Source: mooninfo.org
June 9, 2004 Holidays and National Days
June 9 in History
1986
NASA publishes a report on the Challenger accident.
1972
American advisor John Paul Vann is killed in a helicopter accident in Vietnam.
1959
The first ballistic missile-carrying submarine, the USS George Washington, is launched.
1954
At the Army-McCarthy hearings, attorney Joseph Welch asks Senator Joseph McCarthy “Have you no sense of decency?”
1951
After several unsuccessful attacks on French colonial troops, North Vietnam’s General Vo Nguyen Giap orders Viet Minh to withdraw from the Red River Delta.
1945
Japanese Premier Kantaro Suzuki declares that Japan will fight to the last rather than accept unconditional surrender.
1942
The Japanese high command announces that “The Midway Occupation operations have been temporarily postponed.”
1931
Robert H. Goddard patents a rocket-fueled aircraft design.
1923
Bulgaria’s government is overthrown by the military.
1863
At the Battle of Brandy Station in Virginia, Union and Confederate cavalries clash in the largest cavalry battle of the Civil War.
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