Today's Date
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-04:00)
• Today's Date in numbers: 241
• 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: 08:12 pm
• Day length: 13h 15m
• Source: suntoday.org
Moon Phase Today
• Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
• Illumination: 23%
• Moon Age: 24.73 day(s)
• Source: mooninfo.org
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Today in History
2012
US Republican convention nominates Mitt Romney as the party’s presidential candidate.
2005
Hurricane Katrina reaches Category 5 strength; Louisiana Superdome opened as a “refuge of last resort” in New Orleans.
2003
Power blackout affects half-million people in southeast England and halts 60% of London’s underground trains.
1993
Two hundred twenty-three die when a dam breaks at Qinghai (Kokonor), in northwest China.
1986
Bolivian president Victor Paz Estenssoro declares a state of siege and uses troops and tanks to halt a march by 10,000 striking tin miners.
1986
US Navy officer Jerry A. Whitworth given 365-year prison term for spying for USSR.
1983
Israeli’s prime minister Menachem Begin announces his resignation.
1982
First Gay Games held, in San Francisco.
1981
John Hinckley Jr. pleads innocent to attempting to assassinate Pres. Ronald Reagan.
1979
Irish Republican Army (IRA) bomb explodes under bandstand in Brussels’ Great Market as British Army musicians prepare for a performance; four British soldiers wounded.
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