Today is Tuesday, the 16th of May of 2023,
May 16 is the 136th day of the year
229 days remain until the end of the year.
36 days until summer begins
The sun rose this morning at 5:58:52 am
and the sun sets this evening at 8:14:28 pm.
We will have 14 hours and 15 minutes of daylight today
Solar noon will be at 1:06:40 pm.
Water temperature in San Francisco Bay today is 61.3°F.
The first low tide will be at 3:20 am at 0.32 feet
The first high tide will be at 9:24 am at 4.48 feet
The next low tide at 2:56 pm at 1.01 feet
and the final high tide at Ocean Beach tonight will be at 9:22 pm at 6.13 feet
The Moon is currently 10.8% visible
It’s a Waning Crescent moon
We’ll have a New Moon in 3 days on Friday the 19th of May of 2023 at 8:53 am
Today is…
National Check Your Wipers Day in Latin America
National Coquilles St. Jacques Day
National Horse Rescue Day in Australia
National Wear Purple for Peace Day
Sex Differences in Health Awareness Day
Today is also…
Martyrs of Sudan in the Episcopal Church in USA
National Day, declared by Salva Kiir Mayardit in South Sudan
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share your special day with…
1801 – William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (d. 1872)
1804 – Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, American educator who founded the first U.S. kindergarten (d. 1894)
1905 – Henry Fonda, American actor (d. 1982)
1906 – Margret Rey, German author and illustrator (d. 1996)
1912 – Studs Terkel, American historian and author (d. 2008)
1913 – Woody Herman, American singer, saxophonist, and clarinet player (d. 1987)
1919 – Liberace, American pianist and entertainer (d. 1987)
1928 – Billy Martin, American baseball player and coach (d. 1989)
1929 – Betty Carter, American singer-songwriter (d. 1998)
1929 – Adrienne Rich, American poet, essayist, and feminist (d. 2012)
1937 – Yvonne Craig, American ballet dancer and actress (d. 2015)
1944 – Billy Cobham, Panamanian-American drummer, composer, and
bandleader
1944 – Danny Trejo, American actor
1946 – Robert Fripp, English guitarist, songwriter and producer
1951 – Jonathan Richman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953 – Pierce Brosnan, Irish-American actor and producer
1955 – Olga Korbut, Soviet gymnast
1955 – Debra Winger, American actress
1966 – Janet Jackson, American singer-songwriter actress
1969 – Tucker Carlson, American journalist, co-founded The Daily Caller
1973 – Tori Spelling, American actress, reality television personality, and author
1986 – Megan Fox, American actress
…and on this day in history…
1866 – The United States Congress establishes the nickel.
1868 – The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by
one vote.
1888 – Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
1891 – The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opened in Frankfurt, Germany, featuring the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).
1918 – The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later.
1920 – In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
1925 – The first modern performance of Claudio Monteverdi's opera Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria occurred in Paris.
1929 – In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place.
1960 – Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
1975 – Junko Tabei from Japan becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
1988 – A report by the Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
1991 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addresses a joint session of the United States Congress.
She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.
2005 – Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35–23 National Assembly vote.
