KALW Almanac for November 30, 2018
Today is the 344th day of the year, there are 32 days remaining in 2018.
Sunrise today is at 7:05 AM and sunset is at 4:51 PM, there will be nine hours and 45 minutes of daylight
The moon is 43.3% Illuminated today, a waning crescent moon. Moonrise was at 12:01 AM and it will set at 1:23 PM. The New Moon will be on December 6, the next full moon is on December 22.
High tides today at 5:14 AM and 4:09 PM, Low tides at 10:35 AM and 10:44 PM.
Today is:
Mason Jar Day
Mousse Day
Stay home because you’re well day
Systems Engineer Day
Computer Security Day
Perpetual Youth Day
Cities for Life Day
If today is your birthday, happy birthday to you! You share this birthday with:
1667 – Jonathan Swift, Irish satirist and essayist (d. 1745)
1670 – John Toland, Irish philosopher and author (d. 1722)
1810 – Oliver Winchester, American businessman and politician, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (d. 1880)
1835 – Mark Twain, American novelist, humorist, and critic (d. 1910)
1858 – Jagadish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist, biologist, botanist, and archaeologist (d. 1937)
1874 – Winston Churchill, English colonel, journalist, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1874 – Lucy Maud Montgomery, English-Canadian author and poet (d. 1942)
1904 – Clyfford Still, American painter and educator (d. 1980)
1909 – Robert Nighthawk, American singer and guitarist (d. 1967)
1912 – Gordon Parks, American photographer and director (d. 2006)
1915 – Brownie McGhee, American folk-blues singer and guitarist (d. 1996)
1924 – Allan Sherman, American actor, comedian, singer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1973)
1927 – Robert Guillaume, American actor and singer (d. 2017)
1929 – Dick Clark, American television host and producer, founded Dick Clark Productions (d. 2012)
1929 – Joan Ganz Cooney, American screenwriter and producer, co-created Sesame Street
1931 – Bill Walsh, American football player and coach (d. 2007)
1936 – Abbie Hoffman, American activist and author, co-founded the Youth International Party (d. 1989)
1937 – Jimmy Bowen, American record producer, songwriter, and pop singer
1937 – Ridley Scott, English director, producer, and production designer
1943 – Terrence Malick, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1947 – David Mamet, American playwright, screenwriter, and director
1952 – Mandy Patinkin, American actor and singer
1953 – Shuggie Otis, American singer-songwriter and musician
1955 – Billy Idol, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1958 – Stacey Q, American pop singer-songwriter, dancer and actress
1959 – Cherie Currie, American singer-songwriter, musician (The Runaways), and actress
1962 – Bo Jackson, American football and baseball player
1965 – Ben Stiller, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
1976 – Marta Burgay, Italian astronomer
1977 – Steve Aoki, American DJ and producer, founded Dim Mak Records
1978 – Clay Aiken, American singer
1982 – Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress
1985 – Kaley Cuoco, American actress
1985 – Chrissy Teigen, American author, model
A few things that happened today in history:
1786 – The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day).
1934 – The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100 mph.
1966 – Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1967 – South Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1979 – Pink Floyd's The Wall is released.
1982 – Michael Jackson's sixth solo studio album, Thriller is released worldwide. It will become the best-selling record album in history.
1995 – Official end of Operation Desert Storm.