Today's Date
Sunday, May 3, 2026
Time Zone: America/Chicago (GMT-05:00)
• Today's Date in numbers: 123
• Week number: 18
• Leap year: No - Next is 2028
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
Sunrise, Sunset Times Today
• Sunrise time: 06:42 am
• Sunset time: 08:37 pm
• Day length: 13h 55m
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Moon Phase Today
• Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
• Illumination: 95%
• Moon Age: 16.83 day(s)
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Today in History
1982
A British submarine sinks Argentina’s only cruiser during the Falkland Islands War.
1979
Margaret Thatcher becomes the first woman prime minister of Great Britain.
1971
James Earl Ray, Martin Luther King Jr.‘s assassin, is caught in a jail break attempt.
1968
After three days of battle, the U.S. Marines retake Dai Do complex in Vietnam, only to find the North Vietnamese have evacuated the area.
1952
The first airplane lands at the geographic North Pole.
1926
U.S. Marines land in Nicaragua.
1865
President Abraham Lincoln‘s funeral train arrives in Springfield, Illinois.
1863
The Battle of Chancellorsville rages for a second day.
1859
France declares war on Austria.
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