Today is Guy Fawkes Day. ..
...Also, it's Love Your Red Hair Day...
Today is Thursday, the 5th of November of 2020
November 5 is the 310th day of the year
56 days remain until the end of the year.
The sun rises at 6:40 am
and the sun sets at 5:06 pm.
Today we will have 10 hours and 26 minutes of daylight.
Solar noon will be at 11:53 am.
The first high tide was at 3:36 am
The first low tide will be at 7:50 am
The next high tide will be at 1:42 pm.
and the final low tide at Aquatic Park will be at 8:31 pm.
The Moon is 79.4% visible; a Waning Gibbous
Last Quarter Moon in 3 days on Sunday the 8th of November of 2020 at 5:46 am
Today is…
International Project Management Day
National Doughnut Appreciation Day
National Love Your Red Hair Day
Today is also…
1605 – Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested.
celebrated in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, and its related observances:
West Country Carnival in the English West Country
Cinco de noviembre in Negros, Philippines
1898 – Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.
Kanaka-dasa Jayanthi in Karna-taka, India
On this day in history…
1916 – The Everett massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.
1940 – Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term.
1955 – After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio.
2007 – Android mobile operating system is unveiled by Google.
…and if today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this special day with…
1855 – Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (d. 1926)
1887 – Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist and educator (d. 1961)
1895 – Walter Gieseking, French-German pianist and composer (d. 1956)
1899 – Margaret Atwood Judson, American historian and author (d. 1991)
1900 – Natalie Schafer, American actress (d. 1991)
1911 – Roy Rogers, American singer, guitarist, and actor (d. 1998)
1913 – Vivien Leigh, Indian-British actress (d. 1967)
1931 – Ike Turner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (d. 2007)
1940 – Elke Sommer, German actress
1941 – Art Garfunkel, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1946 – Gram Parsons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1973)
1949 – Armin Shimerman, American actor
1952 – Vandana Shiva, Indian philosopher and author
1952 – Bill Walton, American basketball player and sportscaster
1953 – Joyce Maynard, American journalist, author, and academic
1954 – Jeffrey Sachs, American economist and academic
1958 – Mo Gaffney, American actress and screenwriter
1959 – Bryan Adams, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1960 – Tilda Swinton, English actress
1963 – Tatum O'Neal, American actress and author
1968 – Sam Rockwell, American actor
1974 – Ryan Adams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist