5791 days before today

Today is December 29th, 2024 (Sunday), so 5791 days before today would be:

February 20th, 2009 (Friday)

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

• Day numbers: 51

• Week number: 8

• Leap year: 2009 is not a leap year

• Daylight Saving Time: No

• Sunrise time: 07:20 am

• Sunset time: 06:13 pm

• Day length: 10h 53m

• Source: suntoday.org

• Moon Phase: Waning Crescent

• Illumination: 15%

• Moon Age: 25.78 day(s)

• Source: mooninfo.org

February 20th, 2009 Holidays and National Days

February 20th, in History

1982
Carnegie Hall in New York begins $20 million in renovations.
1971
Young people protest having to cut their long hair in Athens, Greece.
1968
North Vietnamese army chief in Hue orders all looters to be shot on sight.
1965
Ranger 8 hits the moon and sends back 7,000 photos to the United States.
1963
Moscow offers to allow on-site inspection of nuclear testing.
1962
Mercury astronaut John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth.
1959
The FCC applies the equal time rule to TV newscasts of political candidates.
1954
The Ford Foundation gives a $25 million grant to the Fund for Advancement of Education.
1943
German troops of the Afrika Korps break through the Kasserine Pass, defeating U.S. forces.
1942
Lt. Edward O’Hare downs five out of nine Japanese bombers that are attacking the carrier Lexington.