Today's Date
Sunday, May 4, 2025
Time Zone: America/Chicago (GMT-05:00)
• Today's Date in numbers: 124
• Week number: 18
• Leap year: No - Next is 2028
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
Sunrise, Sunset Times Today
• Sunrise time: 06:40 am
• Sunset time: 08:38 pm
• Day length: 13h 58m
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Moon Phase Today
• Moon Phase: First Quarter - 08:53 am
• Illumination: 54%
• Moon Age: 7.78 day(s)
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Today in History
1970
Ohio National Guardsmen open fire on student protesters at Kent State University, killing four and wounding nine others.
1961
13 civil rights activists, dubbed Freedom Riders, begin a bus trip through the South.
1942
The Battle of the Coral Sea commences.
1942
The United States begins food rationing.
1930
Mahatma Gandhi is arrested by the British.
1927
A balloon soars over 40,000 feet for the first time.
1864
Union General Ulysses S. Grant‘s forces cross the Rapidan River and meet Robert E. Lee‘s Confederate army.
1863
The Battle of Chancellorsville ends when Union Army retreats.
1814
Napoleon Bonaparte disembarks at Portoferraio on the island of Elba in the Mediterranean.
1795
Thousands of rioters enter jails in Lyons, France, and massacre 99 Jacobin prisoners.
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