Today is Monday, the 27th of June of 2022,
June 27 is the 178th day of the year
187 days remain until the end of the year.
87 days until autumn begins
The sun rose this morning in San Francisco at 5:50:00 am
and the sun will set at 8:36:03 pm.
Today we will have 14 hours and 46 minutes of daylight
The solar transit will be at 1:13:01 pm
The first low tide was at 4:55 am at -0.51 feet
The first high tide will be at 12:03 pm at 4.62 feet
The next low tide will be at 4:21 pm at 3.23 feet
and the final high tide at Ocean Beach tonight will be at 10:05 pm at 6.22 feet
The Moon will be 2.3% visible
It’s a Waning Crescent
We will have a New Moon tomorrow Tuesday the 28th of June of 2022 at 7:52 pm in 2 days
Today is…
It’s the birthday in 1859 of Mildred Hill who wrote the melody we know as “Happy Birthday To You”
born on this day in 1880 – Helen Keller, American author, academic, and activist (d. 1968)
Industrial Workers of the World Day
The “Wobblies” had their first meeting on this day in 1905
National (native) Indian Pudding Day
National Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day
Please Take My Children to Work Day
Today is also…
Commemoration Day for the Victims of the Communist Regime in the Czech Republic
Day of Turkmen Workers of Culture and Art and poetry of Magtymguly Pyragy in Turkmenistan
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Djibouti from France in 1977.
Seven Sleepers' Day or Siebenschläfertag in Germany
On this day in history…
1895 – The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
1905 – During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
1946 – In the Canadian Citizenship Act, the Parliament of Canada establishes the definition of Canadian citizenship.
1974 – U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union.
1977 – France grants independence to Djibouti.
1981 – The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party issues its "Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China", laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong.
…and if today is your birthday, Happy Birthday to You! You share this special day with…
1850 – Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese historian and author (d. 1904)
1869 – Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-Canadian philosopher and activist (d. 1940)
1872 – Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1906)
1880 – Helen Keller, American author, academic, and activist (d. 1968)
1925 – Doc Pomus, American singer-songwriter (d. 1991)
1930 – Ross Perot, American businessman and politician (d. 2019)
1932 – Anna Moffo, American operatic soprano (d. 2006)
1936 – Lucille Clifton, American author and poet (d. 2010)
1938 – Bruce Babbitt, American lawyer and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Interior
1942 – Danny Schechter, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1953 – Alice McDermott, American novelist
1959 – Dan Jurgens, American author and illustrator
1974 – Christian Kane, American singer-songwriter and actor
1975 – Bianca Del Rio, American drag queen & comedian
1975 – Tobey Maguire, American actor
1984 – Khloé Kardashian, American model, businesswoman, and radio host