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Monday April 11, 2016

Betty Crocker

 
April 11 is the 102st day of the year.

There are 264 days remaining until the end of the year.

Today Monday, 11th of April of 2016, 

the sun will rise in San Francisco at 6:38 am 

and sunset will be at 7:43 pm. 

Today we will have 13 hours and 5 minutes of sun. 

High Noon will be at 1:10 pm.

The first high tide was at 2:49 am 

and the next high tide will be at 4:36 pm. 

The first low tide will be at 9:25 am 

and the next low tide at 9:34 pm.

The moon is 22.5% illuminated, a waxing crescent

Today is…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRu3CZfteyY

National Barbershop Quartet Day

National Cheese Fondue Day

 

National Eight-Track Tape Day

National Submarine Day

National Pet Day

Juan Santamaría Day, anniversary of his death in the Second Battle of Rivas in Costa Rica

International Louie Louie Day

World Parkinson's Day

if today is your birthday, Happy Birthday to you!  Happy Birthday also to...

1862 – Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 44th United States Secretary of State (d. 1948)

1893 – Dean Acheson, American lawyer and politician, 51st United States Secretary of State (d. 1971)

1908 – Leo Rosten, Polish-American author and academic (d. 1997)

1914 – Norman McLaren, Scottish-Canadian animator, director, and producer (d. 1987)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgJ-yOhpYIM

1916 – Howard W. Koch, American director and producer (d. 2001)

1932 – Joel Grey, American actor, singer, and dancer

1939 – Louise Lasser, American actress and screenwriter

1955 – Michael Callen, American singer-songwriter and AIDS activist (d. 1993)

on this day in history…

1727 – Premiere of Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion BWV 244b at the St. Thomas Church, Leipzig

1909 – The city of Tel Aviv is founded.

1968 – President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.

1970 – Apollo 13 is launched.

1972 – First edition of the BBC comedy panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue is broadcast, one of the longest-running British radio shows in history.

1976 – The Apple I is created.