54 days before February 4, 1979

would be

December 12, 1978 (Tuesday)

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

• Day numbers: 346

• Week number: 50

• Leap year: 1978 is not a leap year

• Daylight Saving Time: No

Sunrise, Sunset Times for December 12, 1978 (Tuesday)

• Sunrise time: 07:45 am

• Sunset time: 05:08 pm

• Day length: 09h 23m

• Source: suntoday.org

Moon Phase for December 12, 1978 (Tuesday)

• Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous

• Illumination: 97%

• Moon Age: 13.35 day(s)

• Source: mooninfo.org

December 12, 1978 Holidays and National Days

December 12 in History

2000
The US Supreme Court announces its decision in Bush v. Gore, effectively ending legal changes to the results of that year’s Presidential election.
1995
Willie Brown beats incumbent mayor Frank Jordon to become the first African-American mayor of San Francisco.
1991
The Russian Federation becomes independent from the USSR.
1985
Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashes after takeoff at Gander, Newfoundland; among the 256 dead are 236 members of the US Army’s 101st Airborne Division.
1979
South Korean Army Major General Chun Doo-hwan, acting without authorization from President Choi Kyu-ha, orders the arrest of Army Chief of Staff General Jeong Seung-hwa, alleging that the chief of staff was involved in the assassination of ex-President Park Chung Hee.
1967
The United States ends the airlift of 6,500 men in Vietnam.
1964
Kenya becomes a republic.
1964
Three Buddhist leaders begin a hunger strike to protest the government in Saigon.
1956
The United Nations calls for immediate Soviet withdrawal from Hungary.
1943
The German Army launches Operation Winter Tempest, the relief of the Sixth Army trapped in Stalingrad.