It's Thursday, October 31, 2019...
It is the 304th day of the year.
61 days remain until the end of the year...
A SPARE THE AIR ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY IN THE SF BAY AREA
5 days until SF city elections Tuesday November 5, 2019
124 days until primaries Tuesday March 3, 2020
(4 months and 3 days from today)
369 days until presidential elections Tuesday November 03 2020
(1 year and 3 days from today)
The sun rises at 7:35 am
and sunset will be at 6:11 pm.
Today we will have 10 hours and 36 minutes of daylight.
The solar transit will be at 12:53 pm.
The first high tide was at 3:08 am
and the next high tide will be at 2:02 pm.
The first low tide will be at 7:54 am
and the next low tide at 8:48 pm.
The Moon is 14.0% visible; a Waxing Crescent
Moon Direction:28.07° NNE↑
Moon Altitude:-72.29°
Moon Distance:235750 mi
Next Full Moon: Tuesday November 12, 2019 at 5:34 am
Next New Moon: Tuesday November 26, 2019 at 7:05 am
Next Moonrise: Today 11:24 am
Today is…
National Increase Your Psychic Powers Day
National Knock Knock Jokes Day
Sneak Some of the Candy Yourself Before the Kids Start Knocking Day
1924 – World Savings Day is announced in Milan, Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks).
Today is also…
Día de la Canción Criolla (Peru)
Halloween (Ireland, Canada, United Kingdom, United States and other places)
Samhain in the Northern Hemisphere,
and Beltane in the Southern Hemisphere; begins on sunset of October 31 (Gaels, Welsh people and Neopagan Wheel of the Year)
The first day of the Day of the Dead, celebrated until November 2 (Mexico)
Girl Scouts Founders Day (United States)
King Father's Birthday (Cambodia)
Reformation Day (Slovenia, parts of Germany, Chile, various Protestant churches with a particular emphasis in Lutheran and Reformed ones)
1517 – Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this special day with…
1445 – Hedwig, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (d. 1511)
1887 – Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (d. 1975)
1896 – Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (d. 1977)
1912 – Dale Evans, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2001)
1915 – Jane Jarvis, American pianist and composer (d. 2010)
1920 – Dick Francis, Welsh-Caymanian jockey and author (d. 2010)
1920 – Helmut Newton, German-Australian photographer (d. 2004)
1922 – Illinois Jacquet, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2004)
1922 – Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia (d. 2012)
1930 – Michael Collins, American general, pilot, and astronaut
1931 – Dan Rather, American journalist
1936 – Michael Landon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
1937 – Tom Paxton, American folk music singer-songwriter and guitarist
1939 – Ali Farka Touré, Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)
1942 – David Ogden Stiers, American actor (d. 2018)
1945 – Brian Doyle-Murray, American actor and comedian
1950 – John Candy, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1994)
1950 – Jane Pauley, American journalist
1959 – Neal Stephenson, American author
1961 – Kate Campbell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967 – Vanilla Ice, American rapper, television personality, and real estate investor
1973 – Christopher Bevins, American voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
…and on this day in history…
1864 – Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
1913 – Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States
1941 – After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.
1941 – World War II: The destroyer USS Reuben James is torpedoed by a German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 U.S. Navy sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII.
1961 – In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from the Lenin's Mausoleum, also known as the Lenin Tomb.
1973 – Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape. Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escape from Mountjoy Prison, Dublin aboard a hijacked helicopter that landed in the exercise yard.
1984 – Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two Sikh security guards. Riots break out in New Delhi and other cities and around 3,000 Sikhs are killed.