Today is Monday, the 8th of October of 2018, is the 281st day of the year. There are 84 days remaining until the end of the year. 74 days until winter begins
29 days until mid-term elections Tuesday November 6, 2018...
Air Quality Advisory for Tuesday 9/11 through Wednesday 9/12 - smoke from the Irving Fire in West Marin County may impact parts of Marin, Western Napa, and Sonoma counties.
No spare the air alert for today.
A Low-to-Medium pollen count of 3.6 today and tomorrow peaking at 4.6 Wednesday.
The sun will rise at 7:12 am
and sunset will be at 6:40 pm.
Today we will have 11 hours and 28 minutes of daylight.
The solar transit will be at 12:56 pm.
The first low tide will be at 5:05 am
and the next low tide at 5:36 pm.
The only high tide of the day will be at 11:46 am.
The Moon is only 0.7% visible; still a Waning Crescent
Next New Moon: later today Monday October 8, 2018 at 8:46 pm
Next Full Moon: Wednesday October 24, 2018 at 9:45 am
Next Moonrise: Today at 6:32 am
Today is…
Today is also…
Piomingo Day in the Chickasaw Nation
The beginning of Fire Prevention Week
Thanksgiving in Canada
Air Force Day in India
Independence Day, celebrates the official separation of Croatia from Yugoslavia in 1991.
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this day with…
1882 – Harry McClintock, American singer-songwriter and poet (d. 1957)
1895 – Juan Perón, Argentinian general and politician, 29th President of Argentina (d. 1974)
1910 – Gus Hall, American soldier and politician (d. 2000)
1920 – Frank Herbert, American journalist, photographer, and author (d. 1986)
1930 – Pepper Adams, American saxophonist and composer (The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra) (d. 1986)
1930 – Faith Ringgold, American painter and activist
1936 – Rona Barrett, American journalist and businesswoman
1939 – Harvey Pekar, American author and critic (d. 2010)
1940 – Paul Hogan, Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1941 – Jesse Jackson, American minister and activist
1943 – Chevy Chase, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1943 – R. L. Stine, American author, screenwriter, and producer
1946 – Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian scholar, activist, and politician
1948 – Johnny Ramone, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2004)
1949 – Sigourney Weaver, American actress and producer
1970 – Matt Damon, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1970 – Sadiq Khan, English lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Transport, Mayor of London
1985 – Bruno Mars, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
…and on this day in history…
1871 – The Great Chicago Fire and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire break out.
1921 – KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.
1956 – New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series.
1967 – Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
1969 – The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago.
1982 – Poland bans Solidarity and all trade unions.
1982 – Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
1991 – Croatia and Slovenia vote to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia.
2001 – U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.