29 days before October 7, 1978
would be
September 8, 1978 (Friday)
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-05:00)
• Day numbers: 251
• Week number: 36
• Leap year: 1978 is not a leap year
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
Sunrise, Sunset Times for September 8, 1978 (Friday)
• Sunrise time: 07:07 am
• Sunset time: 07:55 pm
• Day length: 12h 48m
• Source: suntoday.org
Moon Phase for September 8, 1978 (Friday)
• Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent
• Illumination: 37%
• Moon Age: 6.15 day(s)
• Source: mooninfo.org
September 8, 1978 Holidays and National Days
September 8 in History
1994
USAir Flight 427 crashes on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, killing all 132 people aboard; subsequent investigation leads to changes in manufacturing practices and pilot training.
1991
Macedonian Independence Day; voters overwhelmingly approve referendum to form the Republic of Macedonia, independent of Yugoslavia.
1988
Wildfires in Yellowstone National Park in the US, the world’s first national park, force evacuation of the historic Old Faithful Inn; visitors and employees evacuate but the inn is saved.
1974
President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard M. Nixon for any crimes arising from the Watergate scandal he may have committed while in office.
1971
The Kennedy Center opens in Washington, DC with a performance of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass.
1960
Penguin Books in Britain is charged with obscenity for trying to publish the D.H. Lawrence novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
1960
President Dwight Eisenhower dedicates NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
1955
The United States, Australia, France, Great Britain, New Zealand, the Philippines, Pakistan, and Thailand sign the mutual defense treaty that established the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO).
1951
Japanese representatives sign a peace treaty in San Francisco.
1945
Korea is partitioned by the Soviet Union and the United States.
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