59 days from April 18, 1940

would be

June 16, 1940 (Sunday)

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

• Day numbers: 168

• Week number: 24

• Leap year: 1940 is a leap year.

• Daylight Saving Time: Yes

Sunrise, Sunset Times for June 16, 1940 (Sunday)

• Sunrise time: 06:04 am

• Sunset time: 09:04 pm

• Day length: 14h 59m

Moon Phase for June 16, 1940 (Sunday)

• Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous

• Illumination: 88%

• Moon Age: 11.58 day(s)

June 16, 1940 Holidays and National Days

1977

Leonid Brezhnev is named president of the Soviet Union.

1971

An El Greco sketch, “The Immaculate Conception,” stolen in Spain 35 years earlier, is recovered in New York City by the FBI.

1961

Ballet star Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union while in Paris.

1955

The U.S. House of Representatives votes to extend Selective Service until 1959.

1952

Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl is published in the United States.

1940

French Chief of State, Henri Petain asks for an armistice with Germany.

1935

President Franklin Roosevelt‘s New Deal legislation is passed by the House of Representatives.

1932

The ban on Nazi storm troopers is lifted by the von Papen government in Germany.

1925

France accepts a German proposal for a security pact.