- Sunrise: 7:03am
- Sunset: 6:58pm
- Moonset: 7:38am
- Moonrise: 7:36pm
Tides at the Golden Gate:
- High: 12:01am/12:21pm
- Low: 5:47am/6:19pm
On this day in:
1066 - England was invaded by William the Conqueror who claimed the English throne.
1789 - In the U.S., the first Federal Congress passed a resolution that asked President George Washington to recommend to the nation a day of thanksgiving.
1850 - The U.S. Navy abolished flogging as a form of punishment.
1850 - U.S. President Millard Fillmore named Brigham Young the first governor of the Utah territory. in 1857, President James Buchanan removed Young from the position.
1972 - Communist China and Japan agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations.
1995 - Yasser Arafat of the PLO and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin signed an accord that transferred control of the West Bank.
Birthday celebrants today include (or included):
Confucius 551 B.C.
Georges Clemenceau (France) 1841
Kate Smith-Wiggin 1856
Elmer Rice 1892
William S. Paley 1901
Ed Sullivan 1902
Alfred Gerald Caplin (Al Capp) 1909
Peter Finch 1916
William Windom 1923
Marcello Mastroianni 1924
Jerry Clower 1926
Tommy Collins 1930
Brigitte Bardot 1934
Koko Taylor 1935
Bruce Crampton 1935
Ben E. King 1938
Charley Taylor 1941
Grant Jackson 1942
Joel Higgins 1943
Nick St. Nicholas 1943
Helen Shapiro 1946
Jeffrey Jones 1947
John Sayles 1950
Steve Largent 1954
Janeane Garofalo 1964
Matt King 1966
Moon Unit Zappa 1967
Carre Otis 1968
Naomi Watts 1968
Mira Sorvino 1967
Sean Levert (Levert) 1968
Mandy Barnett 1975
Hilary Duff 1987