26 days before April 3, 1979
would be
March 8, 1979 (Thursday)
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-05:00)
• Day numbers: 67
• Week number: 10
• Leap year: 1979 is not a leap year
• Daylight Saving Time: No
Sunrise, Sunset Times for March 8, 1979 (Thursday)
• Sunrise time: 06:57 am
• Sunset time: 06:31 pm
• Day length: 11h 33m
• Source: suntoday.org
Moon Phase for March 8, 1979 (Thursday)
• Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous
• Illumination: 79%
• Moon Age: 10.39 day(s)
• Source: mooninfo.org
March 8, 1979 Holidays and National Days
March 8 in History
1985
Thomas Creighton dies after having three heart transplants in a 46-hour period.
1982
The United States accuses the Soviets of killing 3,000 Afghans with poison gas.
1973
Two bombs explode near Trafalgar Square in Great Britain injuring 234 people.
1970
The Nixon administration discloses the deaths of 27 Americans in Laos.
1966
Australia announces that it will triple the number of troops in Vietnam.
1965
More than 4,000 Marines land at Da Nang in South Vietnam and become the first U.S. combat troops in Vietnam.
1961
Max Conrad circles the globe in a record time of eight days, 18 hours and 49 minutes in Piper Aztec.
1954
France and Vietnam open talks in Paris on a treaty to form the state of Indochina.
1948
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that religious instruction in public schools is unconstitutional.
1945
Phyllis Mae Daley receives a commission in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps. She will become the first African-American nurse to serve duty in World War II.
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