5958 days before today
Today is December 18th, 2024 (Wednesday), so 5958 days before today would be:
August 26th, 2008 (Tuesday)
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-05:00)
Number of days before today:
• Day numbers: 239
• Week number: 35
• Leap year: 2008 is a leap year.
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
August 26th, 2008 Holidays and National Days
August 26th, in History
1999
Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.
1978
Albino Luciani elected to the Papacy and chooses the name Pope John Paul I ; his 33-day reign is among the shortest in Papal history.
1978
Sigmund Jähn becomes first German to fly in space, on board Soviet Soyuz 31.
1977
The National Assembly of Quebec adopts Bill 101, Charter of the French Language, making French the official language of the Canadian province.
1970
A nationwide Women’s Strike for Equality, led by Betty Friedan on the 50th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment calls attention to unequal pay and other gender inequalities in America.
1966
South African Defense Force troops attack a People’s Liberation Army of Nambia at Omugulugwombashe, the first battle of the 22-year Namibian War of Independence.
1957
Ford Motor Company reveals the Edsel, its latest luxury car.
1943
The United States recognizes the French Committee of National Liberation.
1920
The 19th Amendment to the Constitution is officially ratified, giving women the right to vote.
1883
The Indonesian island of Krakatoa erupts in the largest explosion recorded in history, heard 2,200 miles away in Madagascar. The resulting destruction sends volcanic ash up 50 miles into the atmosphere and kills almost 36,000 people–both on the island itself and from the resulting 131-foot tidal waves that obliterate 163 villages on the shores of nearby Java and Sumatra.
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