63 days before May 2, 1944

would be

February 29, 1944 (Tuesday)

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

• Day numbers: 60

• Week number: 9

• Leap year: 1944 is a leap year.

• Daylight Saving Time: Yes

Sunrise, Sunset Times for February 29, 1944 (Tuesday)

• Sunrise time: 08:08 am

• Sunset time: 07:23 pm

• Day length: 11h 15m

• Source: suntoday.org

Moon Phase for February 29, 1944 (Tuesday)

• Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent

• Illumination: 40%

• Moon Age: 6.48 day(s)

• Source: mooninfo.org

February 29, 1944 Holidays and National Days

February 29 in History

1988
A Nazi document is discovered that implicates participation of Austrian president and former U.N. Secretary General Kurt Waldheim in WWII deportations.
1972
Henry “Hank” Aaron becomes first baseball player to sign a baseball contract for $200,000 a year.
1968
Jocelyn Burnell, of Cambridge University, discovers first pulsar.
1968
The Beatles win a Grammy Award for their album Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
1964
President Lyndon B. Johnson reveals the U.S. secretly developed the Lockheed A-11 jet fighter.
1956
President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces he will seek second term.
1952
The first pedestrian “Walk/Don’t Walk” signs are installed at 44th Street and Broadway at Times Square.
1944
US forces catch Japanese troops off-guard and easily take control of the Admiralty Islands in Papua New Guinea.
1944
Dorothy Vredenburgh accepts an appointment by the Democratic National Committee becoming the first woman secretary of a national political party in the U.S.