Today is Tuesday, the 20th of February of 2018.
It is the 51st day of the year.
There are 314 days remaining until the end of the year
29 days until spring begins...
259 days until mid-term elections on Tuesday November 6, 2018
(8 months and 17 days from today)
987 days until presidential election Tuesday November 03 2020
(2 years 8 months and 14 days from today)
The sun rises at 6:52 am
and sunset will be at 5:56 pm.
Today we will have 11 hours and 4 minutes of daylight.
Solar noon will be at 12:24 pm.
The first high tide will be at 2:22 am
and the next high tide at 2:29 pm.
The first low tide will be at 8:12 am
and the next low tide at 8:12 pm.
the Moon is --%; a Waxing Crescent
Moon Direction: ↑ 97.30° E
Moon Altitude: 11.90°
Moon Distance: 239864 mi
Next Moonset: Today 9:52 pm
First Quarter Moon
23th of February of 2018 at 12:09 am
in 3 days
Full Moon in 9 days on Thursday the 1st of March of 2018 at 4:51 pm
Last Quarter Moon in 17 days on Friday the 9th of March of 2018 at 3:20 am
New Moon in 24 days on Saturday 17th of March of 2018 at 5:12 am
Today is...
National Day of Solidarity with Muslim, Arab and South Asian Immigrants
National Student Volunteer Day
Northern Hemisphere Hoodie Hoo Day
It’s also..
Day of Heavenly Hundred Heroes in Ukraine
On this day in African-American history…
(from blackfacts.com)
Feb 20, 1895: the Death of Frederick Douglass at age 78 in Anacostia Heights, District of Columbia. Douglass was the leading Black spokesman for almost fifty years. He was a major abolitionist and a lecturer and editor.
Feb 20, 2013: Actor Lewis Myers passed away on this date at the age of 77.
Feb. 20, 1845:Samuel “Sambo” Anderson (?-1845) passed away on this day. He was one of the enslaved people on George Washington’s Virginia plantation, Mount Vernon. The early history of Anderson is unclear but what is known is Anderson was from what is now the west African nation of Guinea. Anderson claimed to have been part of a royal family.
Feb 20,1869: Tennessee Governor W.C. Brownlow declared martial law in nine countries in Ku Klux Klan crisis.
Feb 20 1937: Singer Nancy Wilson was born on this date in Chillicothe, Ohio.
Feb 20, 1951: Newspaper reporter Ellis Cose was born on this date in Chicago, Illinois.
Charles Wade Barkley, 36, basketball player, born Leeds, AL, February 20, 1963
Feb 20 1929: Writer Wallace Thurman’s play Harlem opens in NYC. It is the first successful play by an African American playwright.
Feb. 20, 2012: Death of John Hope (67), president, Atlanta University.
Feb 20 1923: Pastor Reverend Dr. Marvin Griffin was born on this date in Wichita, Kansas.
Feb 20 1900: J.F. Bickering patents airship invention
Feb 20 1991: African Americans win eight Grammys, including…
"U Can't Touch This" – MC Hammer as best rap solo performance and best rhythm & blues song.
Bunny Wailer for Time Will Tell: A Tribute to Bob Marley
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female
Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male
Luther Vandross for "Here and Now"
Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal:
Ray Charles & Chaka Khan for "I'll Be Good to You"
Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female
Ella Fitzgerald for All That Jazz
Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male
Harry Connick Jr. for We Are in Love
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist
Oscar Peterson for The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live at the Blue Note
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group
The Oscar Peterson Trio for The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live at the Blue Note
Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band
Frank Foster for "Basie's Bag"
Feb 20 1931: Army Lt. Gen. Emmett Paige, Jr. born in Jacksonville, Florida
Feb 20 1968:State troopers used tear gas to stop demonstrations at Alcorn A&M College.
Feb 20 1926: Construction entrepreneur and chemistry professor Ray F. Wilson was born on this date.
Feb 20 2003: Nathan Jones