Today is Hot Dog Day...
Today is Thursday, the 10th of September of 2020...
It is the 254th day of the year
112 days remain until the end of the year.
54 days until Election Day
Tuesday November 03 2020
(1 month and 24 days from today)
The sun rises at 6:47 am
and sunset will be at 7:24 pm.
We will have 12 hours and 37 minutes of orange sunlight
Solar Noon will be at 1:06 pm
The first high tide will be at 7:45 am
The only low tide of the day will be at 12:01 pm.
and the next high tide at 5:55 pm.
Moon: 49.2%
Moon Direction: | 106.82° ESE↑ |
Moon Altitude: | 55.77° |
Moon Distance: | 245,935 mi |
Next New Moon: | Sep 17, 2020, 4:00 am |
Next Full Moon: | Oct 1, 2020, 2:05 pm |
Next Moonset: | Today, 2:41 pm |
Blame It on the Large Hadron Collider Day
International Creepy Boston Dynamics Robotic Horse Day
Today is also…
Amerindian Heritage Day in Guyana
Saint George's Caye Day in Belize
On this day in history…
1846 – Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.
1932 – The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.
1960 – At the Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet.
1967 – The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain.
1974 – Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
2008 – The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.
…and if today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this special day with…
1659 – Henry Purcell, English organist and composer (d. 1695)
1839 – Isaac K. Funk, American minister and publisher, co-founded Funk & Wagnalls (d. 1912)
1874 – Mamie Dillard, African American educator, clubwoman and suffragist (d. 1954)
1886 – H.D., American poet, novelist, and memoirist (d. 1961)
1897 – Georges Bataille, French philosopher, novelist, and poet (d. 1962)
1903 – Cyril Connolly, English author and critic (d. 1974)
1908 – Raymond Scott, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1994)
1929 – Arnold Palmer, American golfer and businessman (d. 2016)
1934 – Charles Kuralt, American journalist (d. 1997)
1935 – Mary Oliver, American poet (d. 2019)
1937 – Jared Diamond, American biologist, geographer, and author
1940 – Roy Ayers, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, vibraphonist, and producer
1941 – Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist, biologist, and author (d. 2002)
1941 – Christopher Hogwood, English harpsichord player and conductor, founded the Academy of Ancient Music (d. 2014)
1945 – José Feliciano, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948 – Margaret Trudeau, Canadian actress and talk show host, 12th Spouse of the Prime Minister of Canada
1949 – Bill O'Reilly, American journalist and author
1950 – Rosie Flores, American singer and guitarist
1952 – Medea Benjamin, American activist, founder of Code Pink
1953 – Amy Irving, American actress
1956 – Johnnie Fingers, Irish keyboard player and songwriter
1957 – Kate Burton, Swiss-born British actress
1958 – Chris Columbus, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1960 – Alison Bechdel, American author and illustrator
1960 – Colin Firth, English actor and producer
1964 – John E. Sununu, American engineer and politician
1968 – Big Daddy Kane, American rapper, producer, and actor
1968 – Guy Ritchie, English director, producer, and screenwriter