Today's Date
Thursday, January 2, 2025
7:54:52 PM
Time Zone: Europe/London (GMT+00:00)
• Today's Date in numbers: 2
• Week number: 1
• Leap year: No - Next is 2028
• Daylight Saving Time: No
Sunrise, Sunset Times Today
• Sunrise time: 08:07 am
• Sunset time: 04:02 pm
• Day length: 07h 55m
• Source: suntoday.org
Moon Phase Today
• Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
• Illumination: 9%
• Moon Age: 2.91 day(s)
• Source: mooninfo.org
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Today in History
2006
A coal mine explosion in Sago, West Virginia, kills 12 miners and critically injures another. This accident and another within weeks lead to the first changes in federal mining laws in decades.
1999
A severe winter storm hits the Midwestern US; in Chicago temperatures plunge to -13 ºF and19 inches of snow fell; 68 deaths are blamed on the storm.
1981
British police arrest the “Yorkshire Ripper” serial killer, Peter Sutcliffe.
1980
President Jimmy Carter asks the U.S. Senate to delay the arms treaty ratification in response to Soviet action in Afghanistan.
1973
The United States admits the accidental bombing of a Hanoi hospital.
1966
American G.I.s move into the Mekong Delta for the first time.
1963
In Vietnam, the Viet Cong down five U.S. helicopters in the Mekong Delta. 30 Americans are reported dead.
1943
The Allies capture Buna in New Guinea.
1942
In the Philippines, the city of Manila and the U.S. Naval base at Cavite fall to Japanese forces.
1936
In Berlin, Nazi officials claim that their treatment of Jews is not the business of the League of Nations.
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