Today's Date
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-04:00)
• Today's Date in numbers: 199
• Week number: 29
• Leap year: 2024 is a leap year.
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
Sunrise, Sunset Times Today
• Sunrise time: 06:18 am
• Sunset time: 09:00 pm
• Day length: 14h 42m
• Source: suntoday.org
Moon Phase Today
• Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
• Illumination: 85%
• Moon Age: 11.13 day(s)
• Source: mooninfo.org
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Today in History
1987
Lt. Col. Oliver North and Rear Adm. John Poindexter begin testifying to Congress regarding the Iran-Contra scandal.
1966
Ho Chi Minh orders a partial mobilization of North Vietnam to defend against American airstrikes.
1960
American pilot Francis Gary Powers pleads guilty to spying charges in a Moscow court.
1946
Chinese communists attack the Nationalist army on the Yangtze River.
1944
Field Marshall Erwin Rommel is wounded when an Allied fighter strafes his staff car in France.
1898
U.S. troops under General William R. Shafter take Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
1864
Confederate President Jefferson Davis replaces General Joseph E. Johnston with General John Bell Hood in hopes of defeating Union General William T. Sherman outside Atlanta.
1821
Andrew Jackson becomes the governor of Florida.
1815
Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders to the British at Rochefort, France.
1801
The U.S. fleet arrives in Tripoli.
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