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Almanac - Thursday 10/4/18

Ship in a bottle, taken by flickr user Hyedris

Today Thursday, the 4th of October of 2018 is the 277th day of the year.

There are 88 days remaining until the end of the year.  78 days until winter begins.

33 days until mid-term election Tuesday November 6, 2018.

a Tuesday 1 month and 2 days from today

The sun will rise at 7:09 am 

and sunset will be at 6:46 pm.

Today we will have 11 hours and 37 minutes of daylight.

The solar transit will be at 12:57 pm.

the first low tide was at 1:49 am

and the next low tide will be at 2:12 pm.

The first high tide will be at 9:08 am 

and the next high tide at 8:08 pm.

A low pollen count today at 1.9 climbing to a medium 5.9 by Monday

The Moon is 26.9% visible;a Waning Crescent

Moon Direction: ↑ 92.40° E

Moon Altitude: 33.44°

Moon Distance: 228295 mi

Next New Moon: Monday October 8, 2018 at 8:46 pm

Next Full Moon: Wednesday October 24, 2018 at 9:45 am

Next Moonset: Today at 4:23 pm

Today is…

Blessing of the Animals at the Cathedral Day

Cinnamon Roll Day

eDay

Improve Your Office Day

International Toot Your Flute Day

National Golf Day

National Poetry Day

National Ships-in-Bottles Day

National Taco Day

National Vodka Day

Ten-Four Day

World Animal Day

It’s also…

Day of Peace and Reconciliation in Mozambique

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Lesotho from the United Kingdom in 1966.

The beginning of World Space Week

If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday to you! You share this day with …

1822 – Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (d. 1893)

1861 – Frederic Remington, American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 1909)

1880 – Damon Runyon, American newspaperman and short story writer. (d. 1946)

1895 – Buster Keaton, American film actor, director, and producer (d. 1966)

1917 – Violeta Parra, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967)

1923 – Charlton Heston, American actor, director and gun rights activist (d. 2008)

1928 – Alvin Toffler, German-American journalist and author (d. 2016)

1937 – Jackie Collins, English-American author and actress (d. 2015)

1941 – Roy Blount, Jr., American humorist and journalist

1941 – Anne Rice, American author

1942 – Bernice Johnson Reagon, American singer-songwriter

1943 – H. Rap Brown, American activist

1944 – Tony La Russa, American baseball player and manager

1946 – Chuck Hagel, American sergeant and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Defense

1946 – Susan Sarandon, American actress and activist

1948 – Duke Robillard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1949 – Patti Andress, American jazz singer (Tuck & Patti)

1968 – Tim Wise, American activist and author

1976 – Alicia Silverstone, American actress, producer, and author

…and on this day in history…

1883 – First run of the Orient Express.

1927 – Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.

1941 – Norman Rockwell's Willie Gillis character debuts on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.

1957 – Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.

1991 – The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.

2006 – WikiLeaks is launched.