Today is Thursday, August 18, 2022, the 230th day of the year; 135 days remain until the end of the year.
- Sunrise: 6:27am
- Sunset: 7:58pm
…giving us 13 hours and 33 minutes of daylight.
The moon is in its last quarter.
- Moonrise: 11:52pm
- Moonset: 1:39pm
San Francisco Bay Tides
- High: 5:25am/5:17pm
- Low: 10:39am
...Water Temp in Aquatic Park – around 57 degrees
Today’s special holidays and celebrations:
- Bad Poetry Day
- Birth Control Pills Day
- Mail Order Catalog Day
- National Badge Ribbon Day
- National Fajita Day
- National Soft Ice Cream Day
- Serendipity Day
On this day in…
1840 - The American Society of Dental Surgeons was founded in New York City, NY.
1846 - Gen. Stephen W. Kearney and his U.S. forces captured Santa Fe, NM.
1914 - The "Proclamation of Neutrality" was issued by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson. It was aimed at keeping the U.S. out of World War I.
1920 - Tennessee ratified the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Amendment guaranteed the right of all American women to vote.
1937 - The first FM radio construction permit was issued in Boston, MA. The station went on the air two years later.
1938 - The Thousand Islands Bridge was dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The bridge connects the U.S. and Canada.
1940 - Canada and the U.S. established a joint defense plan against the possible enemy attacks during World War II.
1963 - James Meredith graduated from the University of Mississippi. He was the first black man to accomplish this feat.
1966 - The first pictures of earth taken from moon orbit were sent back to the U.S.
1981 - Herschel Walker of the University of Georgia took out an insurance policy with Lloyd’s of London. The all-American was insured for one million dollars.
1982 - The volume on the New York Stock Exchange topped the 100-million level for the first time at 132.69 million shares traded.
1990 - The first shots were fired by the U.S. in the Persian Gulf Crisis when a U.S. frigate fired rounds across the bow of an Iraqi oil tanker.
1991 - An unsuccessful coup was attempted in against President Mikhail S. Gorbachev. The Soviet hard-liners were responsible. Gorbechev and his family were effectively imprisoned for three days while vacationing in Crimea.
1997 - Beth Ann Hogan became the first coed in the Virginia Military Institute's 158-year history.
2004 - Donald Trump unveiled his board game (TRUMP the Game) where players bid on real estate, buy big ticket items and make billion-dollar business deals.
In addition to, perhaps…you, today’s birthday celebrants include or included…
- Antonio Salieri 1750
- Merriwether Lewis 1774
- Benjamin Godard 1849 (composer)
- Max Factor 1904
- Caspar Weinberger 1917
- Shelley Winters 1920
- Rosalynn Carter 1927
- Roman Polanski 1933
- Robert Redford 1937
- Martin Mull 1943
- Patrick Swayze 1952
- Madeleine Stowe 1958
- James Brian Latulippe 1961
- Edward Norton 1969
- Christian Slater 1969
- Malcolm-Jamal Warner 1970