Today's Date
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-05:00)
• Today's Date in numbers: 311
• Week number: 45
• Leap year: 2024 is a leap year.
• Daylight Saving Time: No
Sunrise, Sunset Times Today
• Sunrise time: 07:07 am
• Sunset time: 05:26 pm
• Day length: 10h 19m
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Moon Phase Today
• Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
• Illumination: 26%
• Moon Age: 5.12 day(s)
• Source: mooninfo.org
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Today in History
1999
Australia’s voters reject a referendum to make the country a republic with a president appointed by Parliament.
1995
The Rova of Antananarivo, home of Madagascar’s sovereigns from the 16th to the 19th centuries, is destroyed by fire.
1986
A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LRR Chinook crashes 2.5 miles east of Sumburgh Airport; 45 people are killed, the deadliest civilian helicopter crash to date (2013).
1986
The Iran arms-for-hostages deal is revealed, damaging the Reagan administration.
1985
Guerrillas of the leftist 19th of April Movement seize Colombia’s Palace of Justice in Bogata; during the two-day siege and the military assault to retake the building over 100 people are killed, including 11 of the 25 Supreme Court justices.
1973
Coleman Young becomes the first African-American mayor of Detroit, Michigan.
1945
The first landing of a jet on a carrier takes place on USS Wake Island when an FR-1 Fireball touches down.
1923
As European inflation soars, one loaf of bread in Berlin is reported to be worth about 140 billion German marks.
1917
The Bolshevik 'October Revolution' (October 25 on the old Russian calendar), led by Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky, seizes power in Petrograd.
1911
Maine becomes a dry state.
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