Today's Date
Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-04:00)
• Today's Date in numbers: 240
• Week number: 35
• Leap year: 2024 is a leap year.
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
Sunrise, Sunset Times Today
• Sunrise time: 06:56 am
• Sunset time: 08:14 pm
• Day length: 13h 18m
• Source: suntoday.org
Moon Phase Today
• Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
• Illumination: 33%
• Moon Age: 23.74 day(s)
• Source: mooninfo.org
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Today in History
2012
First interplanetary human voice recording is broadcast from the Mars Rover Curiosity.
2008
Democrats nominate Barack Obama for president, first African American nominated by a major political party for the office of President of the United States.
2003
Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing within 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005 km).
1993
The Rainbow Bridge, a 1,870-foot suspension bridge over Tokyo Bay, completed.
1991
Moldavia declares independence from USSR.
1989
Chuck Berry performs his tune Johnny B. Goode for NASA staff in celebration of Voyager II‘s encounter with the planet Neptune.
1984
President Ronald Reagan announces NASA Teacher in Space project, intended to inspire students and honor teachers and spur interest in the fields of science, mathematics and space exploration.
1979
Lord Mountbatten is killed by an Irish terrorist bomb in his sail boat in Sligo, Ireland.
1975
Veronica & Colin Scargill of England complete tandem bicycle ride around the world, a record 18,020 miles (29,000.4 km).
1963
Cambodia severs ties with South Vietnam.
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