63 days before February 17, 2006

would be

December 16, 2005 (Friday)

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

• Day numbers: 350

• Week number: 50

• Leap year: 2005 is not a leap year

• Daylight Saving Time: No

Sunrise, Sunset Times for December 16, 2005 (Friday)

• Sunrise time: 07:48 am

• Sunset time: 05:09 pm

• Day length: 09h 20m

• Source: suntoday.org

Moon Phase for December 16, 2005 (Friday)

• Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous

• Illumination: 98%

• Moon Age: 16.03 day(s)

• Source: mooninfo.org

December 16, 2005 Holidays and National Days

December 16 in History

2003
President George W. Bush signs the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, which establishes the United States’ first national standards regarding email and gives the Federal Trade Commission authority to enforce the act.
1998
The United States launches a missile attack on Iraq for failing to comply with United Nations weapons inspectors.
1978
Cleveland becomes the first U.S. city to default since the depression.
1976
President Jimmy Carter appoints Andrew Young as Ambassador to the United Nations.
1950
President Harry Truman declares a state of National Emergency as Chinese communists invade deeper into South Korea.
1949
Chinese Communist leader Mao Tse-tung is received at the Kremlin in Moscow.
1944
Germany mounts a major offensive in the Ardennes Forest in Belgium. As the center of the Allied line falls back, it creates a bulge, leading to the name–the Battle of the Bulge.
1940
British troops carry out an air raid on Italian Somalia.
1939
The National Women’s Party urges immediate congressional action on equal rights.
1930
In Spain, a general strike is called in support of the revolution.