Today's Date
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Time Zone: America/Chicago (GMT-05:00)
• Today's Date in numbers: 111
• Week number: 17
• Leap year: No - Next is 2028
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
Sunrise, Sunset Times Today
• Sunrise time: 06:58 am
• Sunset time: 08:25 pm
• Day length: 13h 27m
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Moon Phase Today
• Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
• Illumination: 26%
• Moon Age: 5.11 day(s)
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Today in History
1995
Federal authorities arrest Timothy McVeigh in connection with the Oklahoma City bombing.
1975
The last South Vietnam president, Nguyen Van Thieu, resigns.
1966
Pfc. Milton Lee Olive is awarded the Medal of Honor, posthumously, for bravery during the Vietnam War.
1961
The French army revolts in Algeria.
1960
Brasilia becomes the capital of Brazil.
1943
President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces that several Doolittle pilots have been executed by Japanese.
1918
German fighter ace Baron von Richthofen, “The Red Baron,” is shot down and killed.
1916
Bill Carlisle, the infamous ‘last train robber,’ robs a train in Hanna, Wyoming.
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