5978 days before today
Today is November 28th, 2024 (Thursday), so 5978 days before today would be:
July 17th, 2008 (Thursday)
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-05:00)
Number of days before today:
• Day numbers: 199
• Week number: 29
• Leap year: 2008 is a leap year.
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
July 17th, 2008 Holidays and National Days
July 17th, in History
1987
Lt. Col. Oliver North and Rear Adm. John Poindexter begin testifying to Congress regarding the Iran-Contra scandal.
1966
Ho Chi Minh orders a partial mobilization of North Vietnam to defend against American airstrikes.
1960
American pilot Francis Gary Powers pleads guilty to spying charges in a Moscow court.
1946
Chinese communists attack the Nationalist army on the Yangtze River.
1944
Field Marshall Erwin Rommel is wounded when an Allied fighter strafes his staff car in France.
1898
U.S. troops under General William R. Shafter take Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
1864
Confederate President Jefferson Davis replaces General Joseph E. Johnston with General John Bell Hood in hopes of defeating Union General William T. Sherman outside Atlanta.
1821
Andrew Jackson becomes the governor of Florida.
1815
Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders to the British at Rochefort, France.
1801
The U.S. fleet arrives in Tripoli.
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