5884 days before today

Today is December 28th, 2024 (Saturday), so 5884 days before today would be:

November 18th, 2008 (Tuesday)

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

• Day numbers: 323

• Week number: 47

• Leap year: 2008 is a leap year.

• Daylight Saving Time: No

• Sunrise time: 07:21 am

• Sunset time: 05:15 pm

• Day length: 09h 54m

• Source: suntoday.org

• Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous

• Illumination: 59%

• Moon Age: 21.2 day(s)

• Source: mooninfo.org

November 18th, 2008 Holidays and National Days

November 18th, in History

2003
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules the state’s ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional; the legislature fails to act within the mandated 180 days, and on May 17, 2004, Massachusetts becomes the first US state to legalize same-sex marriage.
2002
UN weapons inspectors under Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.
1993
Twenty-one political parties approve a new constitution for South Africa that expands voter rights and ends the rule of the country’s white minority.
1991
The Croatian city of Vukovar surrenders to Yugoslav People’s Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces after an 87-day siege.
1984
The Soviet Union helps deliver American wheat during the Ethiopian famine.
1983
Argentina announces its ability to produce enriched uranium for nuclear weapons.
1978
Peoples Temple cult leader Jim Jones leads his followers to a mass murder-suicide in Jonestown, Guyana, hours after cult member killed Congressman Leo J. Ryan of California.
1968
Soviets recover the Zond 6 spacecraft after a flight around the moon.
1950
The Bureau of Mines discloses its first production of oil from coal in practical amounts.
1949
The U.S. Air Force grounds B-29s after two crashes and 23 deaths in three days.