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Almanac - Thursday 8/2/18

dinosaur, taken by flickr user Craig Marren

Today is Thursday, the 2nd of August of 2018, the 214th day of the year.

There are 151 days remaining until the end of the year.

51 days until autumn begins ...

96 days until mid-term elections Tuesday November 6, 2018

(3 months and 4 days from today)

824 days until presidential elections Tuesday November 3, 2020

(2 years 3 months and 1 day from today)

The sun rises this morning at 6:15 am 

and sunset will be at 8:16 pm.

Today we will have 14 hours of daylight.

The solar transit will be at 1:15pm.

The first high tide was at 3:15 am

and the next high tide will be at 4:29 pm.

The first low tide will be at 9:27 am 

and the next low tide at 10:21 pm.

A low to medium pollen count for the next few days in the fours

The Moon is 72.5% visible; A Waning Gibbous

Moon Direction: ↑ 168.68° SSE

Moon Altitude: 51.75°

Moon Distance: 244186 mi

Next New Moon: Saturday August 11, 2018 at 2:57 am

Next Full Moon: Sunday August 26, 2018 at 4:56 am

Next Moonset: Today at 11:38 am

August 2 is an Indian Hindi-language film directed by P V Krishnan. It was claimed to be a true independent mainstream film made within its budget.   Producers of the film claims that the film is made on the micro budget of Rs. 300,000. The film had got selected for the Red Carpet Premier in The Indian Independent Film Festival 2013.

Today is…

Dinosaurs Day

National Coloring Book Day

National Ice Cream Sandwich Day

National IPA Day

It’s also…

Day of Azerbaijani cinema

Our Lady of the Angels Day in Costa Rica

Paratroopers Day in Russia

Republic Day in the Republic of Macedonia

If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You!  You share this day with…

1892 – Jack L. Warner, Canadian-born American production manager and producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (d. 1978)

1905 – Myrna Loy, American actress (d. 1993)

1911 – Ann Dvorak, American actress (d. 1979)

1923 – Shimon Peres, Polish-Israeli lawyer and politician, 9th President of Israel (d. 2016)

1924 – James Baldwin, American novelist, poet, and critic (d. 1987)

1924 – Carroll O'Connor, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)

1932 – Peter O'Toole, British-Irish actor and producer (d. 2013)

1937 – Garth Hudson, Canadian keyboard player, songwriter, and producer

1939 – Wes Craven, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)

1942 – Isabel Allende, Chilean-American novelist, essayist, essayist

1944 – Naná Vasconcelos, Brazilian singer and berimbau player (d. 2016)

1948 – Dennis Prager, American radio host and author

1949 – James Fallows, American journalist and author

1964 – Mary-Louise Parker, American actress

1970 – Kevin Smith, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

…and on this day in history…

1870 – Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.

1873 – The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.

1937 – The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.

1943 – Jewish prisoners stage a revolt at Treblinka, one of the deadliest of Nazi death camps where approximately 900,000 persons were murdered in less than 18 months.

1943 – World War II: The Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. President, saves all but two of his crew.

1989 – Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restored democracy for the first time since 1972.