165 days before March 20, 1979

would be

October 6, 1978 (Friday)

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

• Day numbers: 279

• Week number: 40

• Leap year: 1978 is not a leap year

• Daylight Saving Time: Yes

Sunrise, Sunset Times for October 6, 1978 (Friday)

• Sunrise time: 07:33 am

• Sunset time: 07:09 pm

• Day length: 11h 35m

• Source: suntoday.org

Moon Phase for October 6, 1978 (Friday)

• Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent

• Illumination: 23%

• Moon Age: 4.78 day(s)

• Source: mooninfo.org

October 6, 1978 Holidays and National Days

October 6 in History

2007
Explorer and author Jason Lewis becomes the first person to complete a human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.
2000
Yugoslavia’s president Slobodan Milosevic and Argentina’s vice-president Carlos Alvarez both resign from their respective offices.
1995
Astronomers discover 51 Pegasi is the second star known to have a planet orbiting it.
1987
Fiji becomes a republic independent of the British Commonwealth.
1981
Egyptian president Anwar el-Sadat is assassinated in Cairo by Islamic fundamentalists. He is succeeded by Vice President Hosni Mubarak.
1973
Israel is taken by surprise when Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Jordan attack on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, beginning the Yom Kippur War.
1969
Special Forces Captain John McCarthy is released from Fort Leavenworth Penitentiary, pending consideration of his appeal to murder charges.
1966
Hanoi insists the United States must end its bombings before peace talks can begin.
1965
Patricia Harris takes a post as U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, becoming the first African American U.S. ambassador.
1941
German troops renew their offensive against Moscow.
→ See more: October 6 in History

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