Today's Date
Friday, August 2, 2024
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-04:00)
• Today's Date in numbers: 215
• Week number: 31
• Leap year: 2024 is a leap year.
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
Sunrise, Sunset Times Today
• Sunrise time: 06:32 am
• Sunset time: 08:46 pm
• Day length: 14h 14m
• Source: suntoday.org
Moon Phase Today
• Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
• Illumination: 2%
• Moon Age: 28.08 day(s)
• Source: mooninfo.org
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Today in History
1997
Author William S. Burroughs (Naked Lunch), considered the godfather of the “Beat Generation” in American literature, dies at age 83.
1990
Iraqi forces invade neighboring Kuwait.
1965
Newsman Morley Safer films the destruction of a Vietnamese village by U.S. Marines.
1964
U.S. destroyer Maddox is reportedly attacked by North Vietnamese patrol boats.
1950
The U.S. First Provisional Marine Brigade arrives in Korea from the United States.
1943
Lt. John F. Kennedy, towing an injured sailor, swims to a small island in the Solomon Islands. The night before, his boat, PT-109, had been split in half by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri.
1934
German President Paul von Hindenburg dies and Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor.
1923
Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes president upon the death of Warren G. Harding.
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