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Almanac - Wednesday 3/31/21

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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.

81 days until summer begins

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…

César Chávez Day

National Farm Workers Day

1927Cesar Chavez, American labor union leader and activist (d. 1993)

Dance Marathon Day

Eiffel Tower Day

1889 – The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.

Holy Wednesday

Manatee Appreciation Day

National "She's Funny That Way" Day

National Bunsen Burner Day

National Clams on the Half Shell Day

National Crayon Day

National Little Red Wagon Day

National Prom Day

National Tater Day

Terri's Day

World Backup Day

Today is also…

Day of Genocide of Azerbaijanis (Azerbaijan)

Freedom Day (Malta)

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

1913Etta Baker, African-American singer and guitarist (d. 2006)

1914Octavio Paz, Mexican poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)

1929Liz Claiborne, Belgian-American fashion designer, founded Liz Claiborne Inc. (d. 2007)

1933Anita Carter, American singer-songwriter and bassist (d. 1999)

1934 – Shirley Jones, American actress and singer

1935 – Judith Rossner, American author (d. 2005)

1936Marge Piercy, American poet and novelist

Also on this day in history….

1889 – The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.

1901Rusalka 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.

1951Remington 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.

1998Netscape 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…

1596René Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1650)

1718Mariana Victoria of Spain (d. 1781)

1732Joseph Haydn, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1809)

1809 – Nikolai Gogol, Ukrainian-Russian short story writer, novelist, and playwright (d. 1852)

1823Mary Boykin Chesnut, American author (d. 1886)

1833Mary Abigail Dodge, American writer and essayist (d. 1896)

1878Jack Johnson, American boxer (d. 1946)

1908Red Norvo, American vibraphone player and composer (d. 1999)

1911Freddie Green, American guitarist (d. 1987)

1913Etta Baker, African-American singer and guitarist (d. 2006)

1914Octavio Paz, Mexican poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)

1916Lucille Bliss, American voice actress (d. 2012)

1917Dorothy DeLay, American violinist and educator (d. 2002)

1920Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, British aristocrat, socialite and author (d. 2014)

1921Lowell Fulson, African-American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)

1921 – Peggy Rea, American actress and casting director (d. 2011)

1924Leo Buscaglia, American author and academic (d. 1998)

1927Cesar Chavez, American labor union leader and activist (d. 1993)

1928Lefty Frizzell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975)

1929Liz Claiborne, Belgian-American fashion designer, founded Liz Claiborne Inc. (d. 2007)

1933Anita 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)

1935Herb Alpert, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and producer

1935 – Judith Rossner, American author (d. 2005)

1936Marge 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