59 days before February 12, 2009

would be

December 15, 2008 (Monday)

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

• Day numbers: 350

• Week number: 51

• Leap year: 2008 is a leap year.

• Daylight Saving Time: No

Sunrise, Sunset Times for December 15, 2008 (Monday)

• Sunrise time: 07:47 am

• Sunset time: 05:08 pm

• Day length: 09h 21m

• Source: suntoday.org

Moon Phase for December 15, 2008 (Monday)

• Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous

• Illumination: 84%

• Moon Age: 18.55 day(s)

• Source: mooninfo.org

December 15, 2008 Holidays and National Days

December 15 in History

2005
F-22 Raptor Stealth fighter enters active service with the US Air Force.
2001
The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after an 11-year, $27 million project to fortify it without eliminating its famed lean.
1993
The Downing Street Declaration, issued jointly by UK and the Republic of Ireland, affirms the UK would transfer Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland only if a majority of Northern Ireland’s people approved.
1981
In what is often called the first modern suicide bombing, a suicide car bomb kills 61 people at the Iraqi embassy in Beirut, Lebanon; Iraq’s ambassador to Lebanon is among the casualties.
1978
US President Jimmy Carter announces the United States will recognize the People’s Republic of China and will sever all relations with Taiwan.
1976
The oil tanker MV Argo Merchant causes one of the worst marine oil spills in history when it runs aground near Nantucket, Massachusetts.
1973
The American Psychiatric Association votes to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders.
1972
The Commonwealth of Australia orders equal pay for women.
1967
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the meat bill in the presence of Upton Sinclair, the author of the controversial book The Jungle.
1965
The United States drops 12 tons of bombs on an industrial center near Haiphong Harbor, North Vietnam.