Today Tuesday, 21th of August of 2018 is the 233rd day of the year...
There are 132 days remaining until the end of the year...32 days until autumn begins...
77 days until mid-term elections on Tuesday November 06 2018...
2 months and 16 days from today
805 days until presidential elections Tuesday November 03 2020
2 years 2 months and 13 days from today
The sun rose at 6:31 am
and sunset will be at 7:53 pm.
Today we will have 13 hours and 22 minutes of daylight.
The solar transit will be at 1:12 pm.
The first low tide was at 3:09 am
and the next low tide will be at 2:56 pm.
The first high tide will be at 10:18 am
and the next high tide at 8:54 pm.
The Moon is 79.3% visible; a Waxing Gibbous
Moon Direction: ↑ 272.10° W
Moon Altitude: -38.43°
Moon Distance: 251025 mi
Next Full Moon: Sunday August 26, 2018 at 4:56 am
Next New Moon: Sunday September 9, 2018 at 11:01 am
Next Moonrise:Today at 4:59 pm
Today is…
National Brazilian Blowout Day
It’s also…
Ninoy Aquino Day in The Philippines
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday to you! You share this special day with…
1904 – Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1984)
1906 – Friz Freleng, American animator, director, and producer (d. 1995)
1928 – Art Farmer, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1999)
1929 – X. J. Kennedy, American poet, translator, anthologist, editor
1932 – Melvin Van Peebles, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1936 – Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player and coach (d. 1999)
1938 – Kenny Rogers, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1941 – Jackie DeShannon, American singer-songwriter
1943 – Jonathan Schell, American journalist and author (d. 2014)
1944 – Peter Weir, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
1952 – Joe Strummer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
1986 – Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter
1988 – Kacey Musgraves, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
…and on this day in history….
1791 – A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution.
1831 – Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, which will claim the lives of 55 to 65 whites.
1883 – An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
1897 – Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
1959 – United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day
1961 – American country music singer Patsy Cline returns to record producer Owen Bradley's studio in Nashville, Tennessee to record her vocals to Willie Nelson's "Crazy", which would become her signature song.
1961 – Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit, "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes.
2017 – A solar eclipse traverses the continental United States.