Today's Date
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
5:57:47 AM
Time Zone: Europe/London (GMT+00:00)
• Today's Date in numbers: 8
• Week number: 2
• Leap year: No - Next is 2028
• Daylight Saving Time: No
Sunrise, Sunset Times Today
• Sunrise time: 08:05 am
• Sunset time: 04:09 pm
• Day length: 08h 04m
• Source: suntoday.org
Moon Phase Today
• Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
• Illumination: 70%
• Moon Age: 9.32 day(s)
• Source: mooninfo.org
Holidays and National Days Today
Today in History
2011
An attempted assassination of Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords is part of a shooting spree in which Jared Lee Loughner kills 6 and wounds 13.
2004
The largest passenger ship in history, the RMS Queen Mary 2, is christened by Queen Elizabeth II, granddaughter of Queen Mary.
2002
US President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act, intended to improve America’s educational system.
1994
Valeri Polyakov, a Russian cosmonaut leaves earth, bound for the Mir space station; he will spend a record 437 days in space.
1982
AT&T agrees to divest 22 subdivisions as part of an antitrust agreement.
1979
The United States advises the Shah to leave Iran.
1975
Ella T. Grasso becomes Governor of Connecticut, the first female governor in the US who did not come into office by succeeding her husband.
1963
President Dwight Eisenhower proposes stripping convicted Communists of their U.S. citizenship.
1954
President Dwight Eisenhower proposes stripping convicted Communists of their U.S. citizenship.
1946
President Harry S. Truman vows to stand by the Yalta accord on self-determination for the Balkans.
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