Today's Date
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Time Zone: America/Chicago (GMT-05:00)
• Today's Date in numbers: 77
• Week number: 12
• Leap year: No - Next is 2028
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
Sunrise, Sunset Times Today
• Sunrise time: 07:51 am
• Sunset time: 07:51 pm
• Day length: 12h 00m
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Moon Phase Today
• Moon Phase: New Moon - 08:26 pm
• Illumination: 0%
• Moon Age: 29.47 day(s)
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Today in History
1986
Buckingham Palace announces the engagement of Prince Andrew to Sarah Ferguson.
1981
The United States discloses biological weapons tests in Texas in 1966.
1977
Congo President Marien Ngouabi is killed by a suicide commando.
1975
South Vietnam abandons most of the Central Highlands to North Vietnamese forces.
1971
U.S. helicopters airlift 1,000 South Vietnamese soldiers out of Laos.
1970
The U.S. Postal Service is paralyzed by the first postal strike.
1969
President Richard M. Nixon authorizes Operation Menue, the ‘secret’ bombing of Cambodia.
1965
Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov becomes the first man to spacewalk when he exits his Voskhod 2 space capsule while in orbit around the Earth.
1953
The Braves baseball team announces that they are moving from Boston to Milwaukee.
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