Today's Date
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Time Zone: America/Chicago (GMT-05:00)
• Today's Date in numbers: 287
• Week number: 42
• Leap year: No - Next is 2028
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
Sunrise, Sunset Times Today
• Sunrise time: 07:51 am
• Sunset time: 07:06 pm
• Day length: 11h 15m
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Moon Phase Today
• Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
• Illumination: 36%
• Moon Age: 23.39 day(s)
• Source: mooninfo.org
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Today in History
2012
Felix Baumgartner breaks the world record for highest manned balloon flight, highest parachute jump, and greatest free-fall velocity, parachuting from an altitude of approximately 24 miles (39km).
1998
Eric Robert Rudolph is charged with the 1996 bombing during the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia; It was one of several bombing incidents Rudolph carried out to protest legalized abortion in the US.
1994
The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Israel’s Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres for establishing the Oslo Accords and preparing for Palestinian Self Government.
1983
Prime Minister of Grenada Maurice Bishop is overthrown and later executed by a military coup.
1969
The British 50-pence coin enters the UK’s currency, the first step toward covering to a decimal system, which was planned for 1971.
1968
US Defense Department announces 24,000 soldiers and Marines will be sent back to Vietnam for involuntary second tours of duty.
1968
Jim Hines, USA, breaks the “ten-second barrier” in the 100-meter sprint at the Olympics in Mexico City; his time was 9.95.
1966
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, opens its underground Montreal Metro rapid-transit system.
1964
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for advocating a policy of non-violence.
1962
Cuban Missile Crisis begins; USAF U-2 reconnaissance pilot photographs Cubans installing Soviet-made missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
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