20 days before today

Today is March 28th, 2024 (Thursday), so 20 days before today would be:

March 8th, 2024 (Friday)

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

• Day numbers: 68

• Week number: 10

• Leap year: 2024 is a leap year.

• Daylight Saving Time: No

• Sunrise time: 06:34 am

• Sunset time: 06:10 pm

• Day length: 11h 35m

• Source: suntoday.org

• Moon Phase: Waning Crescent

• Illumination: 2%

• Moon Age: 27.91 day(s)

• Source: mooninfo.org

March 8th, 2024 Holidays and National Days

March 8th, in History

1985
Thomas Creighton dies after having three heart transplants in a 46-hour period.
1982
The United States accuses the Soviets of killing 3,000 Afghans with poison gas.
1973
Two bombs explode near Trafalgar Square in Great Britain injuring 234 people.
1970
The Nixon administration discloses the deaths of 27 Americans in Laos.
1966
Australia announces that it will triple the number of troops in Vietnam.
1965
More than 4,000 Marines land at Da Nang in South Vietnam and become the first U.S. combat troops in Vietnam.
1961
Max Conrad circles the globe in a record time of eight days, 18 hours and 49 minutes in Piper Aztec.
1954
France and Vietnam open talks in Paris on a treaty to form the state of Indochina.
1948
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that religious instruction in public schools is unconstitutional.
1945
Phyllis Mae Daley receives a commission in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps. She will become the first African-American nurse to serve duty in World War II.
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