Today's Date
Monday, August 19, 2024
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-04:00)
• Today's Date in numbers: 232
• Week number: 34
• Leap year: 2024 is a leap year.
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
Sunrise, Sunset Times Today
• Sunrise time: 06:48 am
• Sunset time: 08:26 pm
• Day length: 13h 37m
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Moon Phase Today
• Moon Phase: Full Moon - 02:28 pm
• Illumination: 100%
• Moon Age: 14.97 day(s)
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Today in History
2010
Operation Iraqi Freedom ends; the last US combat brigade, 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, leaves the country. Six brigades remain to train Iraqi troops.
2005
Toronto Supercell: A series of thunderstorms spawn several tornadoes and cause flash floods in Southern Ontario. Losses exceed $500 million Canadian dollars, the highest ever in the province.
2004
Google Inc. stock begins selling on the Nasdaq Stock Market, with an initial price of $85; the stock ended the day at $100.34 with more than 22 million shares traded.
2003
Shmuel Hanavi bus bombing: suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem kills 23 Israelis, some of them children, and wounds 130. Islamist militant group Hamas claims responsibility for the attack.
2002
A Russian Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside of Grozny, killing 118 soldiers.
1991
Communist hard-liners place President Mikhail Gorbachev under house arrest in an attempted coup that failed two days later.
1988
Cease fire begins in 8-year war between Iran and Iraq.
1987
Hungerford Massacre in the UK; armed with semi-automatic rifles and a handgun Michael Ryan kills 16 people before committing suicide. In response, Parliament passed the Firearms (Amendment) Act of 1988 banning ownership of certain classes of firearms.
1976
Gerald R Ford, who had become President of the United States after Richard Nixon resigned, wins Republican Party’s presidential nomination at Kansas City convention.
1974
US Ambassador to Cyrus Rodger P. Davies assassinated by a sniper of Greek Cypriot paramilitary group EOKA-B during a demonstration outside the embassy in Nicosia.
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