60 days before August 1, 2008
would be
June 2, 2008 (Monday)
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-05:00)
• Day numbers: 154
• Week number: 23
• Leap year: 2008 is a leap year.
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
Sunrise, Sunset Times for June 2, 2008 (Monday)
• Sunrise time: 06:06 am
• Sunset time: 08:56 pm
• Day length: 14h 49m
• Source: suntoday.org
Moon Phase for June 2, 2008 (Monday)
• Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
• Illumination: 1%
• Moon Age: 28.52 day(s)
• Source: mooninfo.org
June 2, 2008 Holidays and National Days
June 2 in History
1969
The Australian aircraft carrier Melbourne slices the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in half off the shore of South Vietnam.
1954
Senator Joseph McCarthy charges that there are communists working in the CIA and atomic weapons plants.
1953
Elizabeth II is crowned queen of England at Westminster Abbey.
1948
Jamaican-born track star Herb McKenley sets a new world record for the 400 yard dash.
1946
Italian citizens vote by referendum for a republic.
1944
Allied “shuttle bombing” of Germany begins, with bombers departing from Italy and landing in the Soviet Union.
1942
The American aircraft carriers Enterprise, Hornet and Yorktown move into their battle positions for the Battle of Midway.
1928
Nationalist Chiang Kai-shek captures Peking, China, in a bloodless takeover.
1924
The United States grants full citizenship to American Indians.
1910
Charles Stewart Rolls, one of the founders of Rolls-Royce, becomes the first man to fly an airplane nonstop across the English Channel both ways. Tragically, he becomes Britain’s first aircraft fatality the following month when his biplane breaks up in midair.
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