74 days before May 20, 1940

would be

March 7, 1940 (Thursday)

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

• Day numbers: 67

• Week number: 10

• Leap year: 1940 is a leap year.

• Daylight Saving Time: No

Sunrise, Sunset Times for March 7, 1940 (Thursday)

• Sunrise time: 06:57 am

• Sunset time: 06:31 pm

• Day length: 11h 34m

Moon Phase for March 7, 1940 (Thursday)

• Moon Phase: Waning Crescent

• Illumination: 1%

• Moon Age: 28.54 day(s)

March 7, 1940 Holidays and National Days

1979

Voyager 1 reaches Jupiter.

1971

A thousand U.S. planes bomb Cambodia and Laos.

1968

The Battle of Saigon, begun on the day of the Tet Offensive, ends.

1951

U.N. forces in Korea under General Matthew Ridgeway launch Operation Ripper, an offensive to straighten out the U.N. front lines against the Chinese.

1942

Japanese troops land on New Guinea.

1936

Hitler sends German troops into the Rhineland, violating the Locarno Pact.

1935

Malcolm Campbell sets an auto speed record of 276.8 mph in Florida.

1933

The board game Monopoly is invented.

1933

The film King Kong premieres in New York City.