Today is Friday, the 28th of April of 2023,
April 28 is the 118th day of the year
247 days remain until the end of the year.
54 days until summer begins
The sun rose this morning at 6:17:18 am
and the sun will set tonight at 7:58:18 pm.
We will have 13 hours and 41 minutes of sunlight today.
The solar transit will be at 1:07:48 pm.
Water temperature in San Francisco Bay today is 58.8°F.
The first low tide will be at 12:36 am at 3.04 feet
The first high tide was at 5:13 am at 4.35 feet
The next low tide at 12:42 pm at 0.36 feet
and the final high tide at Ocean Beach tonight will be at 8:04 pm at 4.50 feet
The Moon is currently 56.3% visible
We just had the First Quarter moon yesterday
Today is….
International Pay it Forward Day
National Hairball Awareness Day
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
Today is also…
National Heroes Day in Barbados
Restoration of Sovereignty Day in Japan
Workers' Memorial Day and World Day for Safety and Health at Work
National Day of Mourning in Canada
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share your special day with…
1758 – James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States (d. 1831)
1878 – Lionel Barrymore, American actor and director (d. 1954)
1906 – Kurt Gödel, Czech-American mathematician, philosopher, and academic (d. 1978)
1908 – Oskar Schindler, Czech-German businessman (d. 1974)
1924 – Blossom Dearie, American singer and pianist (d. 2009)
1924 – Kenneth Kaunda, Zambian educator and politician, first president of Zambia (d. 2021)
1926 – Harper Lee, American novelist (d. 2016)
1930 – James Baker, American lawyer and politician, 61st United States Secretary of State
1930 – Carolyn Jones, American actress (d. 1983)
1937 – Jean Redpath, Scottish singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1941 – Ann-Margret, Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer
1944 – Alice Waters, American chef and author
1948 – Terry Pratchett, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1950 – Willie Colón, Puerto Rican-American trombonist and producer
1950 – Jay Leno, American comedian, talk show host, and producer
1960 – Elena Kagan, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
1966 – Too Short, American rapper, producer and actor
1974 – Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress and producer
1981 – Jessica Alba, American model and actress
And on this day in history…
1253 – Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō for the very first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism.
1788 – Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1789 – Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
1869 – Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First transcontinental railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
1910 – Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in the United Kingdom.
1923 – Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
1930 – The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
1947 – Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
1948 – Igor Stravinsky conducted the premiere of his American ballet, Orpheus at the New York City Center.
1952 – The Treaty of San Francisco comes into effect, restoring Japanese sovereignty and ending its state of war with most of the Allies of World War II.
1967 –Boxer Muhammad Ali refuses his induction into the United States Army and is subsequently stripped of his championship and license.
1969 – Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France.
1973 – The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, recorded in Abbey Road Studios goes to number one on the US Billboard chart, beginning a record-breaking 741-week chart run.
1996 – Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 41⁄2 hour videotaped testimony for the defense.
2004 – CBS News released evidence of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse. The photographs show rape and abuse from the American troops over Iraqi detainees.
