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Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2008 - On board Soyuz TMA-12, Yi So-yeon became the first Korean astronaut.2008 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS
Anniversary
1973 - The Progress Party was founded in a movie theater in Oslo, Norway.Right-wing political party in Norway
Anniversary
1968 - BOAC Flight 712 experienced an engine fire shortly after take-off from London Heathrow, leading to the deaths of five people on board, including flight attendant Jane Harrison, who was posthumously awarded a George Cross for heroism.1968 aviation accident in England
Anniversary
1961 - A large explosion on board the MV Dara in the Persian Gulf killed 238 people.British passenger and cargo liner
Anniversary
1959 - A team of computer scientists and others met to discuss the creation of a common business-oriented programming language, which became COBOL.Study of computation
Historical events
History
2026 - Operation Eternal Darkness: Hours after a ceasefire to the Iran war, Israeli attacks on Lebanon kill at least 357 and injures more than 1200 people in the largest airstrikes of the Lebanon war.Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling
History
2024 - Solar eclipse: A total solar eclipse takes place at the Moon's ascending node, visible across North America.Total eclipse over North America
History
2020 - Bernie Sanders ends his presidential campaign, leaving Joe Biden as the Democratic Party's nominee.American politician and activist (born 1941)
History
2014 - Windows XP reaches its standard End Of Life and is no longer supported.2001 Microsoft operating system version
History
2010 - U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sign the New START Treaty.President of the United States from 2009 to 2017
History
2005 - A solar eclipse occurs, visible over areas of the Pacific Ocean and Latin American countries such as Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela.Total eclipse
History
2002 - The Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-110, carrying the S0 truss to the International Space Station. Astronaut Jerry L. Ross also becomes the first person to fly on seven spaceflights.Space Shuttle orbiter (1985–2011)
History
1993 - The Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on mission STS-56.Space Shuttle orbiter (1984–2011)
History
1990 - The conservative New Democracy party of Constantine Mitsotakis is elected in the Greek parliamentary election.Political party in Greece
History
1975 - Voyageurs National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.National park in Minnesota, United States
Notable births
Born
2013 - Big Justice, American social media personalityAmerican father-and-son social media duo
Born
2005 - Zaccharie Risacher, French basketball playerFrench basketball player (born 2005)
Born
2002 - Jamie Drysdale, Canadian ice hockey playerCanadian ice hockey player (born 2002)
Born
2002 - Viktória Forster, Slovak track and field athleteSlovak athlete (born 2002)
Born
1999 - CeeDee Lamb, American football playerAmerican football player (born 1999)
Born
1998 - Lavinia Valbonesi, Ecuadorian nutritionist, businesswoman and First Lady of EcuadorFirst Lady of Ecuador since 2023
Notable deaths
Died
2025 - Nelsy Cruz, Dominican politician, governor of Monte Cristi (born 1982)Dominican Republic politician (1982–2025)
Died
2024 - Keith Barnes, Welsh-Australian rugby league player and coach (born 1934)Welsh-Australian rugby league footballer (1934–2024)
Died
2024 - Peter Higgs, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1929)British theoretical physicist (1929–2024)
Died
2024 - Ralph Puckett, American Army officer, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1926)U.S. Army Medal of Honor recipient (1926–2024)
Died
2022 - Mimi Reinhardt, Jewish Austrian secretary (born 1915)Austrian secretary (1915–2022)
Died
2020 - Rick May, American-Canadian voice actor (born 1940)Canadian-American actor (1940–2020)
Died
2020 - Abdul Momin Imambari, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar (born 1930)Bangladeshi Islamic scholar (1930–2020)
Died
2019 - Josine Ianco-Starrels, Romanian-born American art curator (born 1926)Romanian-born American art curator (1926–2019)
Sky
Moon phase
New Moon
0.2% illuminated
Lunar age: 29.1 days
Sun zodiac
Aries
19.14 degrees
Constellation: Pisces
Moon zodiac
Aries
15.43 degrees
Constellation: Pisces
Astronomy events
Eclipse
Total Solar EclipseGlobal solar eclipse. Visibility depends on geographic location.