Today's Date
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-04:00)
• Today's Date in numbers: 296
• Week number: 43
• Leap year: 2024 is a leap year.
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
Sunrise, Sunset Times Today
• Sunrise time: 07:50 am
• Sunset time: 06:45 pm
• Day length: 10h 54m
• Source: suntoday.org
Moon Phase Today
• Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
• Illumination: 64%
• Moon Age: 20.79 day(s)
• Source: mooninfo.org
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Today in History
2005
Tropical Storm Alpha forms, making 2005 the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 22 named storms.
1999
Maurice Papon, formerly an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity for his role in deporting more than 1,600 Jews to concentration camps.
1981
The US Federal Labor Relations authority decertifies the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) from representing federal air traffic controllers, as a result of a PATCO strike in August that was broken by the Reagan Administration.
1978
Papal inauguration of Pope John Paul II; born Karol Jozef Wojtyla. The Polish-born Wojtyla is the first non-Italian pope since Pope Adrian VI died in 1523; he would become the second-longest serving pope in the history of the Papacy and exercise considerable influence on events of the later portion of the 20th century.
1972
Operation Linebacker I, the bombing of North Vietnam with B-52 bombers, ends.
1966
The Soviet Union launches Luna 12 for orbit around the moon
1964
Jean Paul Sartre declines the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1962
The U.S. reveals Soviet missile sites in Cuba. President John F. Kennedy orders a naval and air blockade on further shipments of military equipment to Cuba. Following a confrontation that threatens nuclear war, Kennedy and Khrushchev agree on October 28 on a formula to end the crisis. On November 2 Kennedy reports that Soviet missile bases in Cuba are being dismantled.
1955
The prototype of the F-105 Thunder Chief makes its maiden flight.
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