Today Tuesday, the 22nd of November of 2022,
November 22 is the 326th day of the year
39 days remain until the end of the year.
The sun will rise in a few minutes at 6:57:49 am
and the sun will set this afternoon at 4:53:49 pm.
We will have 9 hours and 56 minutes of daylight
The solar transit will be at 11:55:49 am.
The first low tide was at 2:32 am at 2.01 feet
The first high tide will be at 8:44 am at 6.41 feet
The next low tide at 3:36 pm at -0.57 feet
and the final high tide at 10:19 pm at 4.79 feet
The Moon is currently 2.5% visible
It’s a Waning Crescent
We’ll have a New Moon tomorrow, Wednesday, the 23rd of November of 2022 at 2:57 pm
Today is…
Humane Society Anniversary Day
National Housing Day in Canada
National Stop the Violence Day
Today is also…
Arbour Day in British Virgin Islands
Day of Justice in Azerbaijan
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Lebanon from France in 1943.
On this day in history…
1837 – Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom in his essay "To the People of Upper Canada", published in his newspaper The Constitution.
1963 – U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded by Lee Harvey Oswald, who also kills Dallas Police officer J. D. Tippit after fleeing the scene. U.S Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as the 36th President of the United States afterwards.
1967 – UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab–Israeli peace settlement.
1975 – Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco.
1977 – British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.
1990 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Prime-Ministership.
1995 – Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.
2004 – The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.
2005 – Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.
2011 -- Bay Area biochemist Richard Katz secures a patent on his medicine that relieves UTIs, Urinary Tract Infections, without the use of cranberries
…and if today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this special day with…
1744 – Abigail Adams, American wife of John Adams, 2nd First Lady of the United States (d. 1818)
1808 – Thomas Cook, English businessman, founded Thomas Cook Group (d. 1892)
1820 – Katherine Plunket, Irish supercentenarian (d. 1932)
1859 – Cecil Sharp, English folk song scholar (d. 1924)
1868 – John Nance Garner, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Vice President of the United States (d. 1967)
1869 – André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1951)
1881 – Enver Pasha, Ottoman general and politician (d. 1922)
1890 – Charles de Gaulle, French general and politician, 18th President of France (d. 1970)
1891 – Edward Bernays, Austrian-American publicist (d. 1995)
1893 – Lazar Kaganovich, Soviet politician (d. 1991)
1898 – Wiley Post, American pilot (d. 1935)
1899 – Hoagy Carmichael, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 1981)
1904 – Miguel Covarrubias, Mexican painter and illustrator (d. 1957)
1912 – Doris Duke, American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1993)
1913 – Benjamin Britten, English pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1976)
1921 – Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian, actor, rapper, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1924 – Geraldine Page, American actress and singer (d. 1987)
1925 – Gunther Schuller, American horn player, composer, and conductor (d. 2015)
1940 – Terry Gilliam, American-English actor, director, animator, and screenwriter
1941 – Jesse Colin Young, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1943 – Billie Jean King, American tennis player and sportscaster
1943 – William Kotzwinkle, American novelist and screenwriter
1950 – Steven Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1950 – Tina Weymouth, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1951 – Kent Nagano, American conductor, director, and manager
1958 – Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress
1961 – Mariel Hemingway, American actress
1967 – Mark Ruffalo, American actor and activist
1969 – Marjane Satrapi, Iranian author and illustrator
1984 – Scarlett Johansson, American actress
1986 – Oscar Pistorius, South African sprinter
