Today's Date
Saturday, November 16, 2024
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-05:00)
• Today's Date in numbers: 321
• Week number: 46
• Leap year: 2024 is a leap year.
• Daylight Saving Time: No
Sunrise, Sunset Times Today
• Sunrise time: 07:18 am
• Sunset time: 05:17 pm
• Day length: 09h 58m
• Source: suntoday.org
Moon Phase Today
• Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
• Illumination: 98%
• Moon Age: 16.02 day(s)
• Source: mooninfo.org
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Today in History
1997
Pro-democracy Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng released from prison after 18 years, for health reasons.
1992
Eric Lawes, while using a metal detector to search for a friend’s lost hammer near Hoxne, Suffolk, England, discovers the Hoxne Hoard, the largest hoard of Roman silver and gold ever found in Britain, and the largest collection of 4th and 5th century coins found anywhere within the bounds of the former Roman Empire
1989
Salvadoran Army death squad kills six Jesuit priests and two others at Jose Simeon Canas University.
1982
The space shuttle Columbia completes its first operational flight.
1979
American Airlines is fined $500,000 for improper DC-10 maintenance.
1967
U.S. planes hit Haiphong shipyard in North Vietnam for the first time.
1965
In the last day of the fighting at Landing Zone X-Ray, regiments of the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division repulse NVA forces in the Ia Drang Valley.
1960
After the integration of two all-white schools, 2,000 whites riot in the streets of New Orleans.
1955
The Big Four talks, taking place in Geneva on German reunification, end in failure.
1953
The United States joins in the condemnation of Israel for its raid on Jordan.
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