143 days from October 1, 2017

would be

February 21, 2018 (Wednesday)

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

• Day numbers: 52

• Week number: 8

• Leap year: 2018 is not a leap year

• Daylight Saving Time: No

Sunrise, Sunset Times for February 21, 2018 (Wednesday)

• Sunrise time: 07:19 am

• Sunset time: 06:14 pm

• Day length: 10h 54m

• Source: suntoday.org

Moon Phase for February 21, 2018 (Wednesday)

• Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent

• Illumination: 35%

• Moon Age: 5.98 day(s)

• Source: mooninfo.org

February 21, 2018 Holidays and National Days

February 21 in History

1974
A report claims that the use of defoliants by the U.S. has scarred Vietnam for a century.
1972
Richard Nixon arrives in Beijing, China, becoming the first U.S. president to visit a country not diplomatically recognized by the U.S.
1965
El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcom X) is assassinated in front of 400 people.
1960
Havana places all Cuban industry under direct control of the government.
1956
A grand jury in Montgomery, Alabama indicts 115 in a Negro bus boycott.
1951
The U. S. Eighth Army launches Operation Killer, a counterattack to push Chinese forces north of the Han River in Korea.
1949
Nicaragua and Costa Rica sign a friendship treaty ending hostilities over their borders.
1944
Hideki Tojo becomes chief of staff of the Japanese army.
1940
The Germans begin construction of a concentration camp at Auschwitz.
1916
The Battle of Verdun begins with an unprecedented German artillery barrage of the French lines.