178 days before October 16, 1972

would be

April 21, 1972 (Friday)

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

• Day numbers: 112

• Week number: 16

• Leap year: 1972 is a leap year.

• Daylight Saving Time: No

Sunrise, Sunset Times for April 21, 1972 (Friday)

• Sunrise time: 05:46 am

• Sunset time: 07:17 pm

• Day length: 13h 30m

Moon Phase for April 21, 1972 (Friday)

• Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous

• Illumination: 64%

• Moon Age: 8.81 day(s)

April 21, 1972 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.