Today is Wednesday, the 31st of March, 2021...
It is the 90th day of the year
275 days remain until the end of the year.
It is the last day of the first quarter of the year.
The sun rises at 6:55 am
and the sun sets at 7:33 pm.
Today we will have 12 hours and 38 minutes of daylight.
The solar transit will be at 1:14 pm.
The first high tide was at 12:58 am
The first low tide will be at 7:32 am
The next high tide will be at 2:07 pm.
and the next low tide at 7:26 pm.
The Moon is 89.5% visible; a Waning Gibbous
Last Quarter Moon in 4 days on Sunday the 4th of April of 2021 at 3:02 am
Today is…
1927 – Cesar Chavez, American labor union leader and activist (d. 1993)
1889 – The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
National "She's Funny That Way" Day
National Clams on the Half Shell Day
Today is also…
Day of Genocide of Azerbaijanis (Azerbaijan)
International Transgender Day of Visibility
King Nangklao Memorial Day (Thailand)
Thomas Mundy Peterson Day (New Jersey, United States)
Transfer Day (US Virgin Islands)
On this day in Women’s Herstory…
March 31, 1776 – Abigail Adams writes to her husband John who is helping to frame the Declaration of Independence and cautions, "Remember the ladies..."
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN OF THE U.S. was organized by Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Julia Ward Howe, and Sojourner Truth, among others, in 1888. It is the oldest non-sectarian women’s organization in the U.S.
Susan Sontag, intellectual, critic, filmmaker, and writer, published her first influential essay "Notes on 'Camp'" (1964), wrote On Photography, Against Interpretation, and recently released journals and diaries
Women’s Herstory birthdays today include…
March 31, 1889 (d.1975) – Muriel Wright, Choctaw Indian, teacher, historian, author, and editor
1913 – Etta Baker, African-American singer and guitarist (d. 2006)
1914 – Octavio Paz, Mexican poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
1929 – Liz Claiborne, Belgian-American fashion designer, founded Liz Claiborne Inc. (d. 2007)
1933 – Anita Carter, American singer-songwriter and bassist (d. 1999)
1934 – Shirley Jones, American actress and singer
1935 – Judith Rossner, American author (d. 2005)
1936 – Marge Piercy, American poet and novelist
Also on this day in history….
1889 – The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
1901 – Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák premiéres at the National Opera House in Prague.
1906 – The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
1913 – The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence; this concert became known as the Skandalkonzert.
1918 – Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time.
1930 – The Motion Picture Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film, in the U.S., for the next thirty-eight years.
1933 – The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission of relieving rampant unemployment in the United States.
1949 – The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.
1951 – Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
1959 – The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.
1968 – American President Lyndon B. Johnson speaks to the nation of "Steps to Limit the War in Vietnam" in a television address. At the conclusion of his speech, he announces: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President."
1980 – The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad operates its final train after being ordered to liquidate its assets because of bankruptcy and debts owed to creditors.
1998 – Netscape releases Mozilla source code under an open source license.
And if today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this special day with…
1596 – René Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1650)
1718 – Mariana Victoria of Spain (d. 1781)
1732 – Joseph Haydn, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1809)
1809 – Nikolai Gogol, Ukrainian-Russian short story writer, novelist, and playwright (d. 1852)
1823 – Mary Boykin Chesnut, American author (d. 1886)
1833 – Mary Abigail Dodge, American writer and essayist (d. 1896)
1878 – Jack Johnson, American boxer (d. 1946)
1908 – Red Norvo, American vibraphone player and composer (d. 1999)
1911 – Freddie Green, American guitarist (d. 1987)
1913 – Etta Baker, African-American singer and guitarist (d. 2006)
1914 – Octavio Paz, Mexican poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
1916 – Lucille Bliss, American voice actress (d. 2012)
1917 – Dorothy DeLay, American violinist and educator (d. 2002)
1920 – Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, British aristocrat, socialite and author (d. 2014)
1921 – Lowell Fulson, African-American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
1921 – Peggy Rea, American actress and casting director (d. 2011)
1924 – Leo Buscaglia, American author and academic (d. 1998)
1927 – Cesar Chavez, American labor union leader and activist (d. 1993)
1928 – Lefty Frizzell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975)
1929 – Liz Claiborne, Belgian-American fashion designer, founded Liz Claiborne Inc. (d. 2007)
1933 – Anita Carter, American singer-songwriter and bassist (d. 1999)
1934 – Shirley Jones, American actress and singer
1934 – John D. Loudermilk, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
1935 – Herb Alpert, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and producer
1935 – Judith Rossner, American author (d. 2005)
1936 – Marge Piercy, American poet and novelist
1940 – Barney Frank, American lawyer and politician
1940 – Patrick Leahy, American lawyer and politician
1942 – Hugh McCracken, American guitarist and producer (d. 2013)
1942 – Michael Savage, far-right American radio host and author
1943 – Deirdre Clancy, English costume designer
1943 – Christopher Walken, American actor
1945 – Gabe Kaplan, American actor and comedian
1948 – Al Gore, American soldier and politician, 45th Vice President of the United States and Nobel Prize laureate
1955 – Angus Young, Scottish-Australian guitarist and songwriter