Today is Monday, February 17, 2020
It is the 48th day of the year, there are 317 days remaining in 2020.
Sunrise is at 6:57 AM, Sunset is at 5:50pm, giving us 10 hours and 53 minutes of daylight.
The moon is 32% illuminated, a waning crescent moon.
The first high tide will be at 6:06 am and the next high tide at 8:33 pm. The only low tide of the day will be at 1:19 pm.
Today is
Presidents’ Day
National Cabbage Day
National Cafe au Lait Day
National Public Science Day
National Champion Crab Races Day
My Way Day
Random Acts of Kindness Day
National PTA Founders’ Day
Who Shall I Be Day
Some of Today's Birthdays:
1918 – Jacqueline Ferrand
1920 – Annie Castor
1922 – Tommy Edwards
1925 – Hal Holbrook
1929 – Alejandro Jodorowsky
1934 – Barry Humphries (Dame Edna Everage)
1936 – Jim Brown
1937 – Mary Ann Mobley
1940 – Vicente Fernández
1940 – Gene Pitney
1942 – Huey P. Newton
1948 – José José
1949 – Fred Frith
1954 – Lou Ann Barton
1954 – Rene Russo
1955 – Mo Yan
1957 – Loreena McKennitt
1962 – Lou Diamond Phillips
1963 – Alison Hargreaves
1963 – Michael Jordan
1972 – Billie Joe Armstrong
1972 – Philippe Candeloro
1972 – Taylor Hawkins
1981 – Joseph Gordon-Levitt
1981 – Paris Hilton
Today in history:
1863 – A group of citizens of Geneva founded an International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, which later became known as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
1867 – The first ship passes through the Suez Canal.
1904 – Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
1913 – The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century.
2011 – Arab Spring: Libyan protests against Muammar Gaddafi's regime begin.