123 days before today

Today is March 18th, 2024 (Monday), so 123 days before today would be:

November 16th, 2023 (Thursday)

Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-04:00)

• Day numbers: 320

• Week number: 46

• Leap year: 2023 is not a leap year

• Daylight Saving Time: No

• Sunrise time: 06:53 am

• Sunset time: 05:06 pm

• Day length: 10h 12m

• Source: suntoday.org

• Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent

• Illumination: 14%

• Moon Age: 3.7 day(s)

• Source: mooninfo.org

November 16th, 2023 Holidays and National Days

November 16th, in History

1997
Pro-democracy Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng released from prison after 18 years, for health reasons.
1992
Eric Lawes, while using a metal detector to search for a friend’s lost hammer near Hoxne, Suffolk, England, discovers the Hoxne Hoard, the largest hoard of Roman silver and gold ever found in Britain, and the largest collection of 4th and 5th century coins found anywhere within the bounds of the former Roman Empire
1989
Salvadoran Army death squad kills six Jesuit priests and two others at Jose Simeon Canas University.
1982
The space shuttle Columbia completes its first operational flight.
1979
American Airlines is fined $500,000 for improper DC-10 maintenance.
1967
U.S. planes hit Haiphong shipyard in North Vietnam for the first time.
1965
In the last day of the fighting at Landing Zone X-Ray, regiments of the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division repulse NVA forces in the Ia Drang Valley.
1960
After the integration of two all-white schools, 2,000 whites riot in the streets of New Orleans.
1955
The Big Four talks, taking place in Geneva on German reunification, end in failure.
1953
The United States joins in the condemnation of Israel for its raid on Jordan.