159 days before December 8, 1972
would be
July 2, 1972 (Sunday)
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-05:00)
• Day numbers: 184
• Week number: 26
• Leap year: 1972 is a leap year.
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
Sunrise, Sunset Times for July 2, 1972 (Sunday)
• Sunrise time: 06:08 am
• Sunset time: 09:05 pm
• Day length: 14h 57m
• Source: suntoday.org
Moon Phase for July 2, 1972 (Sunday)
• Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous
• Illumination: 63%
• Moon Age: 20.9 day(s)
• Source: mooninfo.org
July 2, 1972 Holidays and National Days
July 2 in History
1980
President Jimmy Carter reinstates draft registration for males 18 years of age.
1976
North and South Vietnam are officially reunified.
1967
The U.S. launches Operation Buffalo in Vietnam.
1964
President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act into law.
1961
Novelist Ernest Hemingway commits suicide at his home in Ketchum, Idaho.
1937
American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappears in the Central Pacific during an attempt to fly around the world.
1926
Congress establishes the Army Air Corps.
1881
Charles J. Guiteau fatally wounds President James A. Garfield in Washington, D.C.
1863
The Union left flank holds at Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg.
1858
Czar Alexander II frees the serfs working on imperial lands.
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