Today's Date
Thursday, August 22, 2024
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-04:00)
• Today's Date in numbers: 235
• Week number: 34
• Leap year: 2024 is a leap year.
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
Sunrise, Sunset Times Today
• Sunrise time: 06:51 am
• Sunset time: 08:21 pm
• Day length: 13h 30m
• Source: suntoday.org
Moon Phase Today
• Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
• Illumination: 85%
• Moon Age: 18.42 day(s)
• Source: mooninfo.org
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Today in History
2007
Most runs scored by any team in modern MLB history as the Texas Rangers thump the Baltimore Orioles 30-3.
2005
Art heist: a version of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
2003
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is suspended for refusing to comply with federal court order to remove the Ten Commandments from the Alabama Supreme Court building’s lobby.
1995
During 11-day siege at at Ruby Ridge, Id., FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi kills Vicki Weaver while shooting at another target.
1989
First complete ring around Neptune discovered.
1983
Benigno Aquino, the only real opposition on Ferdinand Marcos’ reign as president of the Philippines, is gunned down at Manila Airport.
1975
US President Gerald Ford survives second assassination attempt in 17 days, this one by Sarah Jane Moore in San Francisco, Cal.
1972
International Olympic Committee votes 36–31 with 3 abstentions to ban Rhodesia from the games because of the country’s racist policies.
1971
Bolivian military coup: Col. Hugo Banzer Suarez ousts leftist president, Gen. Juan Jose Torres and assumes power.
1971
FBI arrests members of The Camden 28, an anti-war group, as the group is raiding a draft office in Camden, NJ.
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