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Sunday, August 25, 2024 falls on a Sunday. It is day 238 of the year, ISO week 34, in Q3.
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Sunday, August 25
August 25, 2024 is day 238 of 366, ISO week 34, in Q3. The moon is Last Quarter and the zodiac sign is Virgo.
Day of year238
ISO week34
QuarterQ3
Days left128
Sun and Moon Cycles
- Moon phase
- Last Quarter
- Lunar age
- 20.4 days
- Illumination
- 68%
- Season
- Summer in the Northern Hemisphere, winter in the Southern Hemisphere
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- Zodiac
- Virgo
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- No major fixed observance in the built-in calendar
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Today's Celebrations
August 25
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Æbbe of Coldingham
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Aredius
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Genesius of Arles
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Genesius of Rome
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Ginés de la Jara (or Genesius of Cartagena)
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Gregory of Utrecht
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Joseph Calasanz
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Louis IX of France
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Local briefSunday, August 25, 2024 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2012: The NASA space probe Voyager 1 became the first man-made object to enter interstellar space.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to August 25.
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History for August 25
The NASA space probe Voyager 1 became the first man-made object to enter interstellar space.
The skeleton of King Richard III of England was discovered under a car park in Leicester.
Mexican drug war: Fifty-two people were killed in an arson attack at a casino in Monterrey, Mexico.
American singer Aaliyah (pictured) and several members of her record company were killed when their overloaded aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from Marsh Harbour Airport in The Bahamas.
The NASA spacecraft Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Neptune and provided definitive proof of the existence of the planet's rings (pictured).
Bruce Springsteen released his commercial breakthrough album, Born to Run.
World War II: Japanese forces attacked the Australian base at Milne Bay on the eastern tip of New Guinea.
World War I: During the sack of Louvain in Belgium, German troops burned the town's Catholic university, destroying several medieval manuscripts.
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2024
Salim Al-Huss, Lebanese statesman, 34th Prime Minister of Lebanon (born 1929)
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Mable John, American blues vocalist (born 1930)
2019
Ferdinand Piëch, Austrian business magnate and engineer (born 1937)
2018
John McCain, American politician (born 1936)
2017
Rich Piana, American bodybuilder (born 1971)
2016
Marvin Kaplan, American actor (born 1927)
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Eastern Ukraine campaign A British safety adviser working for Reuters is killed and two other journalists are injured in a Russian ballistic missile strike on their hote...
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Northern Ukraine skirmishes, Chernihiv strikes At least four people are killed and 37 others are injured in overnight Russian attacks in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Do...
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Israel–Hezbollah conflict August 2024 Lebanon strikes The Israel Defense Forces says that it has launched preemptive strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon ahead of an expect...
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Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant declares an "emergency situation" in Israel for the next 48 hours due to the "special situation in the home front". (Times of Israe...
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Gaza war Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip At least 71 people are killed and 112 others are injured in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
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