53 days before June 14, 1949

would be

April 22, 1949 (Friday)

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

• Day numbers: 112

• Week number: 16

• Leap year: 1949 is not a leap year

• Daylight Saving Time: No

Sunrise, Sunset Times for April 22, 1949 (Friday)

• Sunrise time: 05:45 am

• Sunset time: 07:17 pm

• Day length: 13h 32m

Moon Phase for April 22, 1949 (Friday)

• Moon Phase: Waning Crescent

• Illumination: 23%

• Moon Age: 24.74 day(s)

April 22, 1949 Holidays and National Days

1995

In Africa, Rwandan troops kill thousands of Hutu refugees in Kibeho.

1976

Barbara Walters becomes the first female nightly news anchor on network television.

1955

Congress orders all U.S. coins to bear the motto “In God We Trust.”

1954

The Senate Army-McCarthy hearings begin. They are broadcast on television.

1944

Allies launch major attack against the Japanese in Hollandia, New Guinea.

1931

Egypt signs treaty of friendship with Iraq.

1918

British naval forces attempt to sink block-ships in the German U-boat bases at the Battle of Zeebrugge.

1915

At the Second Battle of Ypres, the Germans use poison gas for the first time.