5983 days before today
Today is November 24th, 2024 (Sunday), so 5983 days before today would be:
July 8th, 2008 (Tuesday)
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-05:00)
Number of days before today:
• Day numbers: 190
• Week number: 28
• Leap year: 2008 is a leap year.
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
July 8th, 2008 Holidays and National Days
July 8th, in History
1960
The Soviet Union charges American pilot Francis Gary Powers with espionage.
1943
American B-24 bombers strike Japanese-held Wake Island for the first time.
1941
20 B-17s fly in their first mission with the Royal Air Force over Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
1918
Ernest Hemingway is wounded in Italy while working as an ambulance driver for the American Red Cross.
1905
The mutinous crew of the battleship Potemkin surrenders to Romanian authorities.
1879
The first ship to use electric lights departs from San Francisco, California.
1865
Four of the conspirators in President Abraham Lincoln‘s assassination are hanged in Washington, D.C.
1864
Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston retreats into Atlanta to prevent being flanked by Union General William T. Sherman.
1863
Demoralized by the surrender of Vicksburg, Confederates in Port Hudson, Louisiana, surrender to Union forces.
1859
The truce at Villafranca Austria cedes Lombardy to France.
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