16 days before August 4, 1947

would be

July 19, 1947 (Saturday)

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

• Day numbers: 200

• Week number: 29

• Leap year: 1947 is not a leap year

• Daylight Saving Time: Yes

Sunrise, Sunset Times for July 19, 1947 (Saturday)

• Sunrise time: 06:19 am

• Sunset time: 08:59 pm

• Day length: 14h 39m

Moon Phase for July 19, 1947 (Saturday)

• Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent

• Illumination: 4%

• Moon Age: 2.09 day(s)

July 19, 1947 Holidays and National Days

1975

Apollo and Soyuz spacecrafts dock in orbit.

1943

More than 150 B-17 and 112 B-24 bombers attack Rome for the first time.

1942

German U-boats are withdrawn from positions off the U.S. Atlantic coast due to American anti-submarine countermeasures.

1870

France declares war on Prussia.

1848

The first Women’s Rights Convention convenes in Seneca Falls, N.Y, organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

1799

The Rosetta Stone, a tablet with hieroglyphic translations into Greek, is found in Egypt.

1788

Prices plunge on the Paris stock market.

1545

King Henry VIII of England watches his flagship, Mary Rose, capsize as it leaves to battle the French.

1525

The Catholic princes of Germany form the Dessau League to fight against the Reformation.