Today is Tuesday, the 26th of July of 2022,
July 26 is the 207th day of the year
158 days remain until the end of the year.
58 days until autumn begins
The sun rose in San Francisco at 6:08:38 am
and the sun will set at 8:23:20 pm.
We will have 14 hours and 14 minutes of daylight today
Solar noon will be at 1:15:59 pm.
The first low tide was early this morning at 4:35 am at -0.24 feet
The first high tide will be later this morning at 11:43 pm at 4.80 feet
The next low tide will be this afternoon at 4:09 pm 3.31 feet
and the final high tide at Ocean Beach tonight will be at 9:46 pm at 6.25 feet
The Moon is currently 4.6% visible
It’s a Waning Crescent
We’ll have a New Moon in 2 days on Thursday the 28th of July of 2022 at 10:55 am
Today is…
Today is also…
Day of National Significance in Barbados
Day of the National Rebellion in Cuba
Independence Day in Liberia, celebrates the independence of Liberia from the American Colonization Society in 1847.
Independence Day in Maldives, celebrates the independence of Maldives from the United Kingdom in 1965.
Kargil Victory Day or Kargil Vijay Diwas in India
On this day in history…
1579 – Francis Drake, the English explorer, discovers a major bay on the coast of California (San Francisco).[1]
1745 – The first recorded women's cricket match takes place near Guildford, England.
1775 – The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General.
1892 – Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
1946 – Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport.
1948 – U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military of the United States.
1953 – Cold War: Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement
1974 – Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule.
1977 – The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government.
1990 – The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is signed into law by President George H. W. Bush.
2016 – Hillary Clinton becomes the first female nominee for President of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
2016 – Solar Impulse 2 becomes the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth.
…and if today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You get to share birthday cake with…
1796 – George Catlin, American painter, author, and traveler (d. 1872)
1856 – George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950)
1874 – Serge Koussevitzky, Russian-American bassist, composer, and conductor (d. 1951)
1875 – Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (d. 1961)
1893 – George Grosz, German painter and illustrator (d. 1959)
1894 – Aldous Huxley, English novelist and philosopher (d. 1963)
1895 – Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian (d. 1964)
1903 – Estes Kefauver, American lawyer and politician (d. 1963)
1909 – Vivian Vance, American actress and singer (d. 1979)
1914 – Erskine Hawkins, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1993)
1921 – Jean Shepherd, American radio host, actor, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
1922 – Jason Robards, American actor (d. 2000)
1923 – Jan Berenstain, American author and illustrator (d. 2012)
1928 – Joe Jackson, American talent manager, father of Michael Jackson (d. 2018)
1928 – Stanley Kubrick, American director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer (d. 1999)
1941 – Darlene Love, American singer and actress
1943 – Mick Jagger, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1945 – Betty Davis, American singer-songwriter (d. 2022)
1945 – Helen Mirren, English actress
1950 – Susan George, English actress and producer
1950 – Anne Rafferty, English lawyer and judge
1956 – Dorothy Hamill, American figure skater
1957 – Nana Visitor, American actress
1958 – Angela Hewitt, Canadian-English pianist
1959 – Kevin Spacey, American actor and director
1964 – Sandra Bullock, American actress and producer
1965 – Jeremy Piven, American actor and producer
1974 – Iron & Wine, American singer-songwriter