Today is Go Fishing Day, Sushi Day, and Picnic Day...
It's Thursday, the 18th of June of 2020.
It is the 170th day of the year.
196 days remain until the end of the year.
Summer solstice 2020 in Northern Hemisphere will be at 2:43 PM on Saturday June 20
138 days until Election Day
Tuesday November 3, 2020
(4 months and 16 days from today)
The sun rises at 5:48 am
and sunset will be at 8:35 pm.
The first low tide will be at 4:40 am
and the next low tide at 3:59 pm.
The first high tide will be at 11:36 am
and the final high tide at the Golden Gate will be at 10:14 pm.
The Moon is currently 7.9% visible; a Waning Crescent
We’ll have a New Moon and an Annular Solar Eclipse in 3 days on Saturday the 20th of June of 2020 at 11:41 pm
Today is…
National Career Nursing Assistants' Day
Today is also…
Foundation Day in Benguet province, in The Philippines
Human Rights Day in Azerbaijan
Queen Mother's Birthday in Cambodia
Waterloo Day in the United Kingdom
On this day in history…
1178 – Five Canterbury monks see what is possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed. It is believed that the current oscillations of the Moon's distance from the Earth (on the order of meters) are a result of this collision.
1264 – The Parliament of Ireland meets at Castledermot in County Kildare, the first definitively known meeting of this Irish legislature.
1873 – Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
1928 – Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
1940 – The "Finest Hour" speech is delivered by Winston Churchill.
1948 – Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.
…and if today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this special day with…
1857 – Henry Clay Folger, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Folger Shakespeare Library (d. 1930)
1884 – Édouard Daladier, French captain and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1970)
1903 – Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (d. 1965)
1913 – Sammy Cahn, American pianist and composer (d. 1993)
1913 – Sylvia Porter, American economist and journalist (d. 1991)
1913 – Robert Mondavi, American winemaker and philanthropist (d. 2008)
1917 – Richard Boone, American actor, singer, and director (d. 1981)
1936 – Barack Obama Sr., Kenyan economist (d. 1982)
1937 – Jay Rockefeller, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of West Virginia
1942 – Roger Ebert, American journalist, critic, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1942 – Thabo Mbeki, South African politician, 23rd President of South Africa
1942 – Paul McCartney, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949 – Chris Van Allsburg, American author and illustrator
1952 – Carol Kane, American actress
1952 – Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter