122 days before October 17, 1955

would be

June 17, 1955 (Friday)

Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-05:00)

• Day numbers: 168

• Week number: 24

• Leap year: 1955 is not a leap year

• Daylight Saving Time: Yes

Sunrise, Sunset Times for June 17, 1955 (Friday)

• Sunrise time: 06:04 am

• Sunset time: 09:04 pm

• Day length: 15h 00m

Moon Phase for June 17, 1955 (Friday)

• Moon Phase: Waning Crescent

• Illumination: 7%

• Moon Age: 26.94 day(s)

June 17, 1955 Holidays and National Days

1994

Millions of Americans watch former football player O.J. Simpson–facing murder charges–drive his Ford Bronco through Los Angeles, followed by police.

1972

Five men are arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C.

1970

North Vietnamese troops cut the last operating rail line in Cambodia.

1965

27 B-52s hit Viet Cong outposts, but lose two planes in South Vietnam.

1963

The U.S. Supreme Court bans the required reading of the Lord’s prayer and Bible in public schools.

1953

Soviet tanks fight thousands of Berlin workers rioting against the East German government.

1950

Surgeon Richard Lawler performs the first kidney transplant operation in Chicago.

1944

French troops land on the island of Elba in the Mediterranean.

1942

Yank a weekly magazine for the U.S. armed services, begins publication.