5874 days before today

Today is December 23rd, 2024 (Monday), so 5874 days before today would be:

November 23rd, 2008 (Sunday)

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

• Day numbers: 328

• Week number: 47

• Leap year: 2008 is a leap year.

• Daylight Saving Time: No

• Sunrise time: 07:27 am

• Sunset time: 05:12 pm

• Day length: 09h 45m

• Source: suntoday.org

• Moon Phase: Waning Crescent

• Illumination: 12%

• Moon Age: 26.14 day(s)

• Source: mooninfo.org

November 23rd, 2008 Holidays and National Days

November 23rd, in History

2011
Yemeni President Ali Abullah Saleh signs a deal to to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity; the agreement came after 11 months of protests.
2006
In the second-deadliest day of sectarian violence in Iraq since the beginning of the 2003 war, 215 people are killed and nearly 260 injured by bombs in Sadr City.
2005
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf elected president of Liberia; she is the first woman to lead an African nation.
1992
The first Smartphone, IBM Simon, introduced at COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.
1990
The first all-woman expedition to South Pole sets off from Antarctica on the part of a 70-day trip; the group includes 12 Russians, 3 Americans and 1 Japanese.
1981
US Pres. Ronald Reagan signs top secret directive giving the CIA authority to recruit and support Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
1980
In Europe’s biggest earthquake since 1915, 3,000 people are killed in Italy.
1968
Four men hijack an American plane, with 87 passengers, from Miami to Cuba.
1953
North Korea signs 10-year aid pact with Peking.
1945
Wartime meat and butter rationing ends in the United States.