September 12 is the 256th day of the year
There are 110 days remaining until the end of the year.
57 Days until Election Day
still plenty of time to register to vote
Today Monday, 12th of September of 2016,
the sun will rise in San Francisco at 6:50 am
and sunset will be at 7:21 pm.
Today we will have 12 hours and 31 minutes of sun.
The solar transit will be at 1:06 pm.
the first low tide was at 2:47 am
and the next low tide will be at 2:55 pm.
The first high tide will be at 9:58 am
and the next high tide at 8:54 pm.
We will have a Full Moon Friday 16th of September of 2016 at 12:05 pm in 4 days
The Last Quarter Moon of month will fall on Friday 23th of September of 2016 at 2:56 am in 11 days
We'll have a New Moon Friday 30th of September of 2016 at 5:12 pm in 18 days
Moon: 78.7%Waxing Gibbous
Moonrise Today: 4:44 PM↑ 111° Southeast
Moonset Today: 2:24 AM↑ 248° West
Today is I'm on Top of It Day!
International Day for South-South Cooperation
National Boss/Employee Exchange Day
National Chocolate Milkshake Day
National Day of Encouragement
National Police Woman Day
National Video Games Day
Programmers' Day!
Commemoration of the mass hanging of the Saint Patrick's Battalion in Mexico
Day of Conception in Russia
Defenders Day in Maryland
Mäskäräm. in Ethiopia
National Day in Cape Verde
Saragarhi Day in Sikhism
United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share you're special day with...
1880 – H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic (d. 1956)
1888 – Maurice Chevalier, French actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1972)
1892 – Alfred A. Knopf, Sr., American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf Inc. (d. 1984)
1898 – Ben Shahn, Lithuanian-American painter and photographer (d. 1969)
1913 – Jesse Owens, American sprinter and long jumper (d. 1980)
1917 – Han Suyin, Chinese-Swiss physician and author (d. 2012)
1921 – Frank McGee, American journalist (d. 1974)
1931 – George Jones, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1939 – Henry Waxman, American lawyer and politician
1943 – Maria Muldaur, American folk-blues-country singer
1943 – Michael Ondaatje, Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet
1944 – Leonard Peltier, American activist
1944 – Barry White, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
1953 – Nan Goldin, American photographer
1957 – Hans Zimmer, German composer and producer
1967 – Louis C.K., American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1980 – Yao Ming, Chinese basketball player
1981 – Jennifer Hudson, American singer and actress
On this day in history...
1609English explorer Henry Hudson sailed into the river that now bears his name.
1910 – Premiere performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 in Munich (with a
chorus of 852 singers and an orchestra of 171 players. Mahler's rehearsal assistant
conductor was Bruno Walter)
1940 – Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.
1952 – Strange occurrences, including a monster sighting, take place in Flatwoods,
West Virginia.
1953 – U.S. Senator and future President John Fitzgerald Kennedy marries
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island.
1954"Lassie" made its TV debut on CBS.
1958 – Jack Kilby demonstrates the first integrated circuit.
1959 – Premiere of Bonanza, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in
color.
1962 – President John F. Kennedy, at a speech at Rice University, reaffirms that the
U.S. will put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
1964 – Canyonlands National Park is designated as a National Park.
1966 – Gemini 11, the penultimate mission of NASA's Gemini program, and the
current human altitude record holder (except for the Apollo lunar missions)
1974 – Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, 'Messiah' of the Rastafari movement, is
deposed following a military coup by the Derg, ending a reign of 58 years.
1977 – South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko dies in police custody.
1980 – Military coup in Turkey.
1992 – NASA launches Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-47 which marked the 50th
shuttle mission. On board are Mae Carol Jemison, the first African-American woman
in space, Mamoru Mohri, the first Japanese citizen to fly in a US spaceship, and
Mark Lee and Jan Davis, the first married couple in space.
2000Dutch lawmakers gave same-sex couples the right to marry and adopt children.