born on this day 1919 – the great American jazz pianist and composer Herbie Nichols,
Today is Tuesday, the 3rd of January of 2023
January 3 is the third day of the year
362 days remain until the end of the year
The sun rose this morning at 7:25:31 am
and the sun will set this afternoon at 5:04:07 pm.
We will have 9 hours and 38 minutes of daylight
Solar noon will be at 12:14:49 pm.
Water temperature in San Francisco Bay will be 51.4 degrees
The first high tide was in the last hour at 7:36 am at 6.33 feet
The next low tide will be this afternoon at 3:03 pm at -0.41 feet
and the final high tide at Ocean Beach tonight will be at 10:03 pm at 4.61 feet
The Moon is currently 90.5% visible
We’ll have the Full Moon in 3 days on Friday the 6th of January of 2023 at 3:08 pm
It’s called the full wolf moon
Today is…
National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day
National Write to Congress Day
Today is also…
Anniversary of the 1966 Coup d'état in Burkina Faso
Ministry of Religious Affairs Day in Indonesia
Tamaseseri Festival at Hakozaki Shrine, in Fukuoka, Japan
The tenth of the Twelve Days of Christmas
On this day in history…
1933 – Minnie D. Craig becomes the first woman elected as Speaker of the North Dakota House of Representatives, the first woman to hold a Speaker position anywhere in the United States.
1953 – Frances P. Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.
1977 – Apple Computer is incorporated.
1993 – In Moscow, Russia, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
…and if today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this special day with….
106 BC – Cicero, Roman philosopher, lawyer, and politician (d. 43 BC)
1793 – Lucretia Mott, American activist (d. 1880)
1883 – Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1967)
1892 – J.R.R. Tolkien, English writer, poet, and philologist (d. 1973)
1894 – ZaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963)
1897 – Marion Davies, American actress and comedian (d. 1961)
1901 – Ngô Đình Diệm, Vietnamese lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 1963)
1905 – Anna May Wong, American actress (d. 1961)
1909 – Victor Borge, Danish-American pianist and conductor (d. 2000)
1919 – Herbie Nichols, American pianist and composer (d. 1963)
1926 – George Martin, English composer, conductor, and producer (d. 2016)
1929 – Sergio Leone, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
1937 – Glen A. Larson, American director, producer, and screenwriter, created Battlestar Galactica (d. 2014)
1943 – Van Dyke Parks, American singer-songwriter, musician, composer, author, and actor
1945 – Stephen Stills, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1946 – John Paul Jones, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
1950 – Victoria Principal, American actress and businesswoman
1956 – Mel Gibson, American-Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1980 – Kurt Vile, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
(and a curious set of twins!)
2003 – Greta Thunberg, Swedish environmental activist
2003 – Kyle Rittenhouse, American conservative personality
