48 days before April 12, 1940

would be

February 24, 1940 (Saturday)

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

• Day numbers: 55

• Week number: 8

• Leap year: 1940 is a leap year.

• Daylight Saving Time: No

Sunrise, Sunset Times for February 24, 1940 (Saturday)

• Sunrise time: 07:15 am

• Sunset time: 06:18 pm

• Day length: 11h 03m

Moon Phase for February 24, 1940 (Saturday)

• Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous

• Illumination: 96%

• Moon Age: 16.6 day(s)

February 24, 1940 Holidays and National Days

1991

General Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of the coalition army, sends in ground forces during the Gulf War.

1972

Hanoi negotiators walk out of the peace talks in Paris to protest U.S. air raids on North Vietnam.

1968

North Vietnamese troops capture the imperial palace in Hue, South Vietnam.

1959

Khrushchev rejects the Western plan for the Big Four meeting on Germany.

1947

Franz von Papen is sentenced to eight years in a labor camp for war crimes.

1945

U.S. forces liberate prisoners of war in the Los Baños Prison in the Philippines.

1944

Merrill’s Marauders, a specially trained group of American soldiers, begin their ground campaign against Japan into Burma.

1928

The New Gallery of New York exhibits works of Archibald Motley, its first show to feature a black artist.

1921

Herbert Hoover becomes Secretary of Commerce.