Happy Hatch Day! Claude the Albino Alligator at the California Academy of the Sciences turns 25 today!
Today is Tuesday, the 15th of September of 2020...
It is the 259th day of the year
107 days remain until the end of the year.
49 days until Election Day
Tuesday November 3, 2020
(1 month and 19 days from today)
the sun will rise in San Francisco at 6:53 am
and sunset will be at 7:15 pm.
Solar Noon will be at 1:04 pm
The first low tide was at 4:31 am
The first high tide will be at 11:37 am
and the next low tide will be at 4:38 pm.
and the final high tide at Aquatic Park will be at 10:47 pm.
Moon: 5.6%
Moon Direction: | 74.77° ENE↑ |
Moon Altitude: | 7.16° |
Moon Distance: | 228,141 mi |
Next New Moon: | Sep 17, 2020, 4:00 am |
Next Full Moon: | Oct 1, 2020, 2:05 pm |
Next Moonset: | Today, 6:44 pm |
Today is…
International Day of Democracy
National Double Cheeseburger Day
National Tackle Kids Cancer Day
Today is also…
Battle of Britain Day (United Kingdom)
Cry of Dolores, celebrated on the eve of Independence Day (Mexico).
Prinsjesdag . (Netherlands)
Engineer's Day (India)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence from Spain in 1821 of Guatemala (a Patriotic Day), El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.
International Day of Democracy
Restoration of Primorska to the Motherland Day (Slovenia)
Silpa Bhirasri Day (Thailand).
The beginning of German American Heritage Month, celebrated until October 15
The beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Month, celebrated until October 15 (United States)
World Lymphoma Awareness Day (International)
On this day in history…
1789 – The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the Department of State and given a variety of domestic duties.
1835 – HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the Galápagos Islands. The ship lands at Chatham or San Cristobal, the easternmost of the archipelago.
1952 – The United Nations cedes Eritrea to Ethiopia.
1959 – Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
1963 – Baptist Church bombing: Four children killed in the bombing of an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
1971 – The first Greenpeace ship departs from Vancouver to protest against the upcoming Cannikin nuclear weapon test in Alaska.
1981 – The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C.
2008 – Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.
…and if today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share your special day with…
1830 – Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (d. 1915)
1857 – William Howard Taft, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th President of the United States (d. 1930)
1876 – Bruno Walter, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1962)
1890 – Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1976)
1894 – Jean Renoir, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1979)
1903 – Roy Acuff, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 1992)
1907 – Fay Wray, Canadian-American actress (d. 2004)
1913 – John N. Mitchell, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 67th United States Attorney General (d. 1988)
1914 – Robert McCloskey, American author and illustrator (d. 2003)
1918 – Nipsey Russell, American comedian and actor (d. 2005)
1924 – Bobby Short, American singer and pianist (d. 2005)
1927 – Norm Crosby, American comedian and actor
1928 – Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1975)
1934 – Tomie dePaola, American author and illustrator
1945 – Jessye Norman, American soprano
1946 – Tommy Lee Jones, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1946 – Oliver Stone, American director, screenwriter, and producer