Almanac - Thursday 12/16/2021

Published December 16, 2021 at 5:38 AM PST

We just found out it's Chocolate Covered-Anything Day. It's not too late to celebrate! #bikestyle

Today is Thursday, the 16th of December, 2021
December 16 is the 350th day of the year
15 days remain until the end of the year.
5 days until Winter Solstice
The sun rises in San Francisco at 7:19:01 am
and the sun sets this afternoon at 4:52:49 pm.
Today we will have 9 hours and 33 minutes of daylight.
The solar transit will be at 12:05:55 pm.
The first low tide will be at 2:18 am at 2.60 feet
The first high tide will be at 8:19 am at 6.19 feet
The next low tide at 3:32 pm at -0.19 feet a
and the final high tide Ocean Beach tonight will be at 10:23 pm at 4.62 feet
The Moon is currently 94.0% visible
a Waxing Gibbous moon
We’ll have a Full Moon in 3 days Saturday the 18th of December of 2021 at 8:36 pm
"16 December" is the name of 2002 Hindi-language film.
Today is...
Barbie and Barney Backlash Day
Boston Tea Party Day
Day of Reconciliation (South Africa)
National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
Stupid Toy Day
Today is also...
National Day, celebrates the withdrawal of United Kingdom from Bahrain, making Bahrain an independent emirate in 1971.
National Sports Day in Thailand
The first day of Las Posadas in Mexico, Latin America
The first day of the Simbang Gabi novena of masses in The Philippines
Victory Day in Bangladesh
Victory Day in India
On this day in history...
1653 – English Interregnum: The Protectorate: Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.
1773 – American Revolution: Boston Tea Party: Members of the Sons of Liberty disguised as Mohawk Indians dump hundreds of crates of tea into Boston harbor as a protest against the Tea Act.
1826 – Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican-controlled Nacogdoches, Texas, and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia.
1903 – Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.
1947 – William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.
1978 – Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first major American city to default on its financial obligations since the Great Depression.
1991 – Kazakhstan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share your special day with....
1770 – Ludwig van Beethoven, composer (d. 1827)
1775 – Jane Austen, English novelist (d. 1817)
1866 – Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-French painter and theorist (d. 1944)
1882 – Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, conductor, and musicologist (d. 1967)
1899 – Noël Coward, English actor, playwright, and composer (d. 1973)
1900 – V. S. Pritchett, British writer and literary critic (d. 1997) 1901 – Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author (d. 1978)
1917 – Arthur C. Clarke, British science fiction writer (d. 2008)
1926 – Jeffrey Stone, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1928 – Philip K. Dick, American philosopher and author (d. 1982)
1938 – Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress, director, and screenwriter
1941 – Lesley Stahl, American journalist and actress
1946 – Benny Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1946 – Trevor Pinnock, English harpsichord player and conductor
1951 – Robben Ford, American guitarist and songwriter