KALW Almanac - Wednesday July 6, 2016

Today Wednesday, 6^th of July of 2016, is the 188th day of the year.

There are 178 days remaining until the end of 2016.

The sun rose this morning at 5:55 am 

and the sun will set at 8:35 pm.

Today we will have 14 hours and 40 minutes of sun.

The solar transit will be at 1:15 pm.

The first high tide was at 12:52 am 

and the next high tide will be at 2:48 pm.

The first low tide will be at7:34 am 

and the next low tide at 7:41 pm.

The Moon is 3% illuminated; a waxing crescent

The next First Quarter Moon will be on Monday 11^th of July of 2016 at 5:52 pm in 6 days

The next Full Moon will be On Tuesday 19^th of July of 2016 at 3:57 pm in 13 days

The Last Quarter Moon will be on Tuesday 26^th of July of 2016 at 4:00 pm in 20 days

and the next New Moon will be on Tuesday 2^nd of August of 2016 at 1:45 pm in 27 days

Today is…

National Fried Chicken day

Today is also the Birthday of the 14th Dalai Lama (Tibetan diaspora)

·         Constitution Day (Cayman Islands)

·         Day of the Capital (Kazakhstan)

·         Independence Day (Comoros), celebrates the independence of the Comoros from France in 1975.

·         Independence Day (Malawi), celebrates the independence of Malawi from United Kingdom in 1964.

·         Jan Hus Day (Czech Republic)

·         Statehood Day (Lithuania)

·         Teachers' Day (Peru)

·         The earliest date for summer solstice in Julian calendar system, which corresponds to June 23:

·         Kupala Night (Poland, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine)

·         The first day of Ludi Apollinares (Roman Empire)

·         The first day of San Fermín, which lasts until July 14. (Pamplona)

If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday to you!  You get to share birthday cake with…

·         1747 – John Paul Jones, Scottish-American captain (d. 1792)

·         1887 – Marc Chagall, Belarusian-French painter and poet (d. 1985)

·         1907 – Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter and educator (d. 1954)

·         1918 – Sebastian Cabot, English-Canadian actor (d. 1977)

·         1921 – Nancy Reagan, American actress and activist, 42nd First Lady of the United States (d. 2016)

·         1923 – Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general and politician, 1st President of Poland (d. 2014)

·         1925 – Merv Griffin, American actor, singer, and producer, created Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! (d. 2007)

·         1925 – Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (d. 1981)

·         1927 – Janet Leigh, American actress and author (d. 2004)

·         1927 – Pat Paulsen, American comedian and actor (d. 1997)

·         1931 – Della Reese, American actress and singer

·         1935 – 14th Dalai Lama

·         1937 – Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian-Icelandic pianist and conductor

·         1937 – Ned Beatty, American actor

·         1937 – Gene Chandler, American singer-songwriter and producer

·         1940 – Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakh politician, 1st President of Kazakhstan

·         1945 – Burt Ward, American actor and activist

·         1946 – George W. Bush, American businessman and politician, 43rd President of the United States

·         1946 – Sylvester Stallone, American actor, director, and screenwriter

·         1946 – Jamie Wyeth, American painter

·         1953 – Nanci Griffith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

·         1975 – 50 Cent, American rapper, producer, and actor (G-Unit)

On this day in history…

·         1483 – Richard III is crowned King of England.

·         1854 – In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party is held.

·         1865 – The first issue of The Nation magazine is published.

·         1885 – Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.

·         1892 – Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during theHomestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.

·         1917 – World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.

·         1919 – The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.

·         1933 – The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American Leaguedefeated the National League 4–2.

·         1942 – Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annex" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.

·         1944 – Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court-martial.

·         1944 – The Hartford circus fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut.

·         1947 – The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.

·         1957 – Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.

·         1957 – John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.

·         1986 – Davis Phinney becomes the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France.

·         1990 – Electronic Frontier Foundation is founded.