It's Buttermilk Biscuits Day...
Today is Thursday, the 14th of May of 2020...
It is the 134th day of the year.
231 days remain until the end of the year.
173 days until election day
Tuesday November 03 2020
(5 months and 20 days from today)
The sun rises at 5:59 am
and sunset will be at 8:14 pm.
Today we will have 14 hours and 15 minutes of daylight.
Solar transit will be at 1:06 pm.
The first low tide was at 12:16 am
The first high tide was at 5:22 am
The next low tide will be at 12:20 pm.
and the final high tide at the Golden Gate will be at 7:55 pm.
The Moon is 51.1% visible; a Third Quarter
Next New Moon: May 22, 2020 10:38 am
Next Full Moon: Jun 5, 2020 12:12 pm
Moon Direction: 137.19° SE↑
Moon Altitude: 21.39°
Moon Distance: 246796 mi
Next Moonset: Today 12:47 pm
Today is…
"The Stars and Stripes Forever" Day
International Dylan Thomas Day
National Buttermilk Biscuit Day
National Underground America Day
Today is also…
Hastings Banda's Birthday in Malawi
National Unification Day in Liberia
The first day of Izumo-taisha Shrine Grand Festival in Japan
On this day in history…
1796 – Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox inoculation.
1925 – Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
1951 – Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
…and if today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this special day with…
1885 – Otto Klemperer, German composer and conductor (d. 1973)
1897 – Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 1959)
1905 – Herbert Morrison, American soldier and journalist (d. 1989)
1917 – Lou Harrison, American composer and critic (d. 2003)
1917 – Norman Luboff, American composer and conductor (d. 1987)
1936 – Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1973)
1943 – Jack Bruce, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2014)
1944 – George Lucas, American director, producer, and screenwriter, founded Lucasfilm
1952 – David Byrne, Scottish singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1955 – Alasdair Fraser, Scottish fiddler
1966 – Raphael Saadiq, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1969 – Cate Blanchett, Australian actress
1972 – Kirstjen Nielsen, American attorney, 6th United States Secretary of Homeland Security
1984 – Mark Zuckerberg, American computer programmer and businessman, co-founded Facebook