140 days before September 8, 1947

would be

April 21, 1947 (Monday)

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

• Day numbers: 111

• Week number: 17

• Leap year: 1947 is not a leap year

• Daylight Saving Time: No

Sunrise, Sunset Times for April 21, 1947 (Monday)

• Sunrise time: 05:47 am

• Sunset time: 07:16 pm

• Day length: 13h 29m

Moon Phase for April 21, 1947 (Monday)

• Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent

• Illumination: 1%

• Moon Age: 0.88 day(s)

April 21, 1947 Holidays and National Days

1995

Federal authorities arrest Timothy McVeigh in connection with the Oklahoma City bombing.

1975

The last South Vietnam president, Nguyen Van Thieu, resigns.

1966

Pfc. Milton Lee Olive is awarded the Medal of Honor, posthumously, for bravery during the Vietnam War.

1961

The French army revolts in Algeria.

1960

Brasilia becomes the capital of Brazil.

1943

President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces that several Doolittle pilots have been executed by Japanese.

1918

German fighter ace Baron von Richthofen, “The Red Baron,” is shot down and killed.

1916

Bill Carlisle, the infamous ‘last train robber,’ robs a train in Hanna, Wyoming.