5887 days before today
Today is November 23rd, 2024 (Saturday), so 5887 days before today would be:
October 11th, 2008 (Saturday)
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-05:00)
Number of days before today:
• Day numbers: 285
• Week number: 41
• Leap year: 2008 is a leap year.
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
October 11th, 2008 Holidays and National Days
October 11th, in History
2001
The Polaroid Corporation, which had provided shutterbugs with photo prints in minutes with its “instant cameras” since 1947, files for bankruptcy.
2000
NASA launches its 100th Space Shuttle mission.
1991
Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas begin.
1987
Operation Pawan by Indian Peace Keeping Force begins in Sri Lanka; thousands of Tamil citizens, along with hundreds of Tamil Tigers militants and Indian Army soldiers will die in the operation.
1984
Astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan, part of the crew of Space Shuttle Challenger, becomes the first American woman to walk in space.
1976
The so-called “Gang of Four,” Chairman Mao Tse-tung’s widow and three associates, are arrested in Peking, setting in motion an extended period of turmoil in the Chinese Communist Party.
1975
Saturday Night Live comedy-variety show premiers on NBC, with guest host comedian George Carlin and special guests Janis Ian, Andy Kaufman and Billy Preston; at this writing (2016) the show is still running.
1972
A French mission in Vietnam is destroyed by a U.S. bombing raid.
1972
Race riot breaks out aboard carrier USS Kitty Hawk off Vietnam during Operation Linebacker.
1968
Apollo 7, with three men aboard, is successfully launched from Cape Kennedy.
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