This website calculates the duration, which is the day count and the number of days, months and years between two dates. Among other things, it can be used to find how many days old you are and the weekday you were born.
This site provides an online "Days From Date" calculator to help you find the date that occurs exactly X days from a particular date. You can also enter a negative number to find out when X days before that date happened to fall. You can use this tool to figure out a deadline if you have a certain number of days remaining. Or read the full page to learn more about the due date if you're counting business days or weekdays only, skipping Saturday and Sunday.
This site provides an online "Days Before Date" calculator to help you find the date that occurs exactly X days before a particular date. You can also enter a negative number to find out when X days before that date happened to fall. You can use this tool to figure out a deadline if you have a certain number of days remaining. Or read the full page to learn more about the due date if you're counting business days or weekdays only, skipping Saturday and Sunday.
Simply enter the start and end date to calculate the duration of any event. You can also use this tool to determine how many days have passed since your birthday, or measure the amount of time until your baby's due date.
President Park Geun-hye of South Korea is impeached by the country's National Assembly in response to a major political scandal. Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn becomes Acting President, later denying to run for a full term.
President of South Korea, Park Geun-hye, South Korea, Impeachment of Park Geun-hye, National Assembly (South Korea), 2016 South Korean political scandal, Prime Minister of South Korea, Hwang Kyo-ahn
At least 57 people are killed and a further 177 injured when two schoolgirl suicide bombers attack a market area in Madagali, Northeastern Nigeria in the Madagali suicide bombings.
The start of the thirty-sixth GCC summit in Riyadh business.
At least seven are dead and 63 are injured following a train accident near Bintaro, Indonesia.
A plane crash in Mexico kills seven people.
The Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, is arrested by federal officials for crimes including attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, United States Senate, President-elect of the United States, Barack Obama
A blast in the center of Moscow kills six people and wounds several more.
Gwen Jacob is acquitted of committing an indecent act, giving women the right to be topfree in Ontario, Canada.
American troops land in Somalia for Operation Restore Hope.
The Michael Hughes Bridge in Sligo, Ireland, is officially opened.
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, First Intifada, Gaza Strip, West Bank
Explosion in office belonging to the Kuwait Airways in Athens.
British and Irish authorities sign the Sunningdale Agreement in an attempt to establish a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland.
Sunningdale Agreement, Northern Ireland Executive (1974), Council of Ireland
Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Air Force executes an airdrop of Indian Army units, bypassing Pakistani defences.
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Indian Air Force, Meghna Heli Bridge, Indian Army
U.S. Secretary of State William P. Rogers proposes his plan for a ceasefire in the War of Attrition; Egypt and Jordan accept it over the objections of the PLO, which leads to civil war in Jordan in September 1970.
William P. Rogers, Rogers Plan, War of Attrition, Palestine Liberation Organization, Black September in Jordan
Douglas Engelbart gave what became known as "The Mother of All Demos", publicly debuting the computer mouse, hypertext, and the bit-mapped graphical user interface using the oN-Line System (NLS).
Douglas Engelbart, The Mother of All Demos, Computer mouse, Hypertext, Graphical user interface, NLS (computer system)
Kecksburg UFO incident: A fireball is seen from Michigan to Pennsylvania; witnesses report something crashing in the woods near Pittsburgh. In 2005 NASA admits that it examined the object.
A Charlie Brown Christmas, first in a series of Peanuts television specials, debuts on CBS.
The Petrified Forest National Park is established in Arizona.
Tanganyika becomes independent from Britain.
The first episode of Coronation Street, the world's longest-running television soap opera, is broadcast in the United Kingdom.
The John Birch Society is founded in the United States.
Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, a Canadair North Star, crashes near Hope, British Columbia, Canada, killing all 62 people on board.
Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, Canadair North Star, Hope, British Columbia
Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.
Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
Cold War, Harry Gold, Klaus Fuchs, Manhattan Project, Soviet Union, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
The Genocide Convention is adopted.
Security Council passes a resolution to internationalize Jerusalem.
The "Subsequent Nuremberg trials" begin with the "Doctors' trial", prosecuting physicians and officers alleged to be involved in Nazi human experimentation and mass murder under the guise of euthanasia.
Subsequent Nuremberg trials, Doctors' trial, Nazi human experimentation, Action T4
The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India.
World War II: The Republic of China, Cuba, Guatemala, and the Philippine Commonwealth, declare war on Germany and Japan.
Republic of China (1912-49), Cuba, Guatemala, Commonwealth of the Philippines, Nazi Germany, Empire of Japan
World War II: The American 19th Bombardment Group attacks Japanese ships off the coast of Vigan, Luzon.
World War II: Operation Compass: British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard O'Connor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt.
World War II, Operation Compass, Richard O'Connor, Military history of Italy during World War II, Sidi Barrani, Egypt
Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing (Nanking).
Second Sino-Japanese War, Battle of Nanking, Empire of Japan, Asaka Yasuhiko, Republic of China (1912-49), Nanjing
Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in a gangland murder.
The Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, later renamed the Heisman Trophy, is awarded for the first time. The winner is halfback Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago.
Downtown Athletic Club, Heisman Trophy, Jay Berwanger, University of Chicago
The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.
Constituent Cortes, Spanish Constitution of 1931, Second Spanish Republic
Gabriel Narutowicz is elected the first president of Poland.
World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.
World War I, Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, Battle of Jerusalem, History of Palestine
A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
Cross Mountain Mine disaster, Briceville, Tennessee, United States Bureau of Mines
In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State
Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.
English soccer club Newcastle United is founded
The Massachusetts Rifle Association, "America's Oldest Active Gun Club", is founded.
In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.
American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress.
American Civil War, Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, Congress of the United States
Texas Revolution: The Texian Army captures San Antonio, Texas.
Patriot forces led by General Antonio José de Sucre defeat a Royalist army in the Battle of Ayacucho, putting an end to the Peruvian War of Independence.
Antonio José de Sucre, Battle of Ayacucho, Peruvian War of Independence
New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.
American Revolutionary War: British troops lose the Battle of Great Bridge, and leave Virginia soon afterward.
American Revolutionary War, Battle of Great Bridge, Virginia
Glorious Revolution: Williamite forces defeat Jacobites at Battle of Reading, forcing flight of James II from the country.
The Virgin of Guadalupe first appears to Juan Diego at Tepeyac, Mexico City.
The Catholic University of Leuven is founded.
Battle of Marj Ardabil: The Khazars annihilate an Umayyad army and kill its commander, Al-Jarrah Ibn Abdallah Al-Hakami.
Battle of Marj Ardabil, Khazars, Umayyad, Al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah al-Hakami
Gothic War: The Byzantine general Belisarius enters Rome unopposed; the Gothic garrison flee the capital.
Odoacer, first King of Italy, occupies Dalmatia. He later establishes his political power with the co-operation of the Roman Senate.