54 days before August 29, 1988
would be
July 6, 1988 (Wednesday)
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-05:00)
• Day numbers: 188
• Week number: 27
• Leap year: 1988 is a leap year.
• Daylight Saving Time: Yes
Sunrise, Sunset Times for July 6, 1988 (Wednesday)
• Sunrise time: 06:10 am
• Sunset time: 09:04 pm
• Day length: 14h 54m
• Source: suntoday.org
Moon Phase for July 6, 1988 (Wednesday)
• Moon Phase: Waning Crescent
• Illumination: 44%
• Moon Age: 22.65 day(s)
• Source: mooninfo.org
July 6, 1988 Holidays and National Days
July 6 in History
1982
President Ronald Reagan agrees to contribute U.S. troops to the peacekeeping unit in Beirut.
1945
B-29 Superfortress bombers attack Honshu, Japan, using new fire-bombing techniques.
1945
Operation Overcast begins in Europe–moving Austrian and German scientists and their equipment to the United States.
1944
Lieutenant Jackie Robinson of the U.S. Army, while riding a civilian bus from Camp Hoo, Texas, refuses to give up his seat to a white man.
1885
Louis Pasteur gives the first successful anti-rabies inoculation.
1854
The Republican Party is officially organized in Jackson, Michigan.
1836
French General Thomas Bugeaud defeats Abd al-Kader’s forces beside the Sikkak River in Algeria.
1835
John Marshall, the third chief justice of the Supreme Court, dies at the age of 79. Two days later, while tolling in his honor in Philadelphia, the Liberty Bell cracks.
1788
10,000 troops are called out in Paris as unrest mounts in the poorer districts over poverty and lack of food.
1770
The entire Ottoman fleet is destroyed by the Russians at the Battle of Chesma.
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