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Wednesday, August 6, 2025
2:13:59 PM
Time Zone: America/Chicago (GMT-05:00)
• Today's Date in numbers: 218
• Week number: 32
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Sunrise, Sunset Times Today
• Sunrise time: 06:45 am
• Sunset time: 08:52 pm
• Day length: 14h 06m
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Moon Phase Today
• Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
• Illumination: 93%
• Moon Age: 12.42 day(s)
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Today in History
2012
New Zealand’s Mount Tongariro erupts for the first time since 1897.
1997
Microsoft announces it will invest $150 million in troubled rival Apple Computer, Inc.
1993
Pope John Paul II publishes “Veritatis splendor encyclical,” regarding fundamentals of the Catholic Church’s role in moral teachings.
1991
Tim Berners-Lee publishes the first-ever website, Info.cern.ch.
1988
A melee that became known as the Tompkins Square Park Police Riot in New York City leads to NYPD reforms.
1981
Argentina’s ex-president Isabel Peron is freed from house arrest.
1979
Twelve-year-old Marcus Hooper becomes the youngest person to swim the English Channel.
1973
Singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder is in an automobile accident and goes into a four-day coma.
1972
Atlanta Braves’ right fielder Hank Aaron hits his 660th and 661st home runs, setting the Major League record for most home runs by a player for a single franchise.
1965
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act, outlawing the literacy test for voting eligibility in the South.
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