49 days before May 6, 1943

would be

March 18, 1943 (Thursday)

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

• Day numbers: 77

• Week number: 11

• Leap year: 1943 is not a leap year

• Daylight Saving Time: Yes

Sunrise, Sunset Times for March 18, 1943 (Thursday)

• Sunrise time: 07:40 am

• Sunset time: 07:42 pm

• Day length: 12h 01m

Moon Phase for March 18, 1943 (Thursday)

• Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous

• Illumination: 91%

• Moon Age: 11.98 day(s)

March 18, 1943 Holidays and National Days

1986

Buckingham Palace announces the engagement of Prince Andrew to Sarah Ferguson.

1981

The United States discloses biological weapons tests in Texas in 1966.

1977

Congo President Marien Ngouabi is killed by a suicide commando.

1975

South Vietnam abandons most of the Central Highlands to North Vietnamese forces.

1971

U.S. helicopters airlift 1,000 South Vietnamese soldiers out of Laos.

1970

The U.S. Postal Service is paralyzed by the first postal strike.

1969

President Richard M. Nixon authorizes Operation Menue, the ‘secret’ bombing of Cambodia.

1965

Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov becomes the first man to spacewalk when he exits his Voskhod 2 space capsule while in orbit around the Earth.

1953

The Braves baseball team announces that they are moving from Boston to Milwaukee.