Today's Date
Monday, September 2, 2024
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-04:00)
• Today's Date in numbers: 246
• Week number: 36
• Leap year: 2024 is a leap year.
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
Sunrise, Sunset Times Today
• Sunrise time: 07:01 am
• Sunset time: 08:05 pm
• Day length: 13h 03m
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Moon Phase Today
• Moon Phase: New Moon - 09:56 pm
• Illumination: 0%
• Moon Age: 29.41 day(s)
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Today in History
1998
Jean Paul Akayesu, former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, found guilty of nine counts of genocide by the UN’s International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
1996
The Philippine government and Muslim rebels sign a pact, formally ending a 26-year long insurgency.
1992
The US and Russia agree to a joint venture to build a space station.
1975
Joseph W. Hatcher of Tallahassee, Florida, becomes the state’s first African-American supreme court justice since Reconstruction.
1970
NASA cancels two planned missions to the moon.
1963
Alabama Governor George Wallace calls state troopers to Tuskegee High School to prevent integration.
1963
The US gets its first half-hour TV weeknight national news broadcast when CBS Evening News expands from 15 to 30 minutes.
1956
Tennessee National Guardsmen halt rioters protesting the admission of 12 African-Americans to schools in Clinton.
1945
Japan signs the document of surrender aboard the USS Missouri, ending World War II
1945
Vietnam declares its independence and Nationalist leader Ho Chi Minh proclaims himself its first president.
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