Today is Wednesday, the 12th of July of 2023,
July 12 is the 193rd day of the year
172 days remain until the end of the year.
73 days until autumn begins
The sun rose this morning in San Francisco at 5:57:55 am
and the sun sets tonight at 8:32:43 pm.
We will have 14 hours and 34 minutes of daylight
The solar transit will be at 1:15:19 pm.
Water temperature in San Francisco Bay today is 62.6°F.
The first low tide was at 2:01 am at 0.33 feet
The first high tide will be at 8:32 am at 4.08 feet
The next low tide at 1:06 pm at 2.55 feet
and the final high tide at Ocean Beach this evening will be at 7:27 pm at 6.46 feet
The Moon is currently 24.8% visible
It’s a Waning Crescent moon
We’ll have a New Moon in 5 days on Monday the 17th of July of 2023 at 11:32 am
Today is…
Malala Day
born on this day in 1997 – Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani-English activist, Nobel Prize laureate
Today is also…
Birthday of the Heir to the Crown of Tonga
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kiribati from the United Kingdom in 1979.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of São Tomé and Príncipe from Portugal in 1975.
The second day of Naadam in Mongolia
The Twelfth, also known as Orangemen's Day in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Newfoundland and Labrador
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this special day with…
100 BC – Julius Caesar, Roman politician and general (d. 44 BC)
1817 – Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (d. 1862)
1854 – George Eastman, American businessman, founded Eastman Kodak (d. 1933)
1884 – Louis B. Mayer, Russian-born American film producer, co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (d. 1957)
1884 – Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1920)
1895 – Buckminster Fuller, American architect and engineer, designed the Montreal Biosphère (d. 1983)
1895 – Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and songwriter (d. 1960)
1904 – Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
1908 – Milton Berle, American comedian and actor (d. 2002)
1917 – Andrew Wyeth, American artist (d. 2009)
1918 – Doris Grumbach, American novelist, memoirist, biographer, literary critic, and essayist (d. 2022)
1922 – Mark Hatfield, American soldier and politician, 29th Governor of Oregon (d. 2011)
1933 – Donald E. Westlake, American author and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1934 – Van Cliburn, American pianist and composer (d. 2013)
1937 – Bill Cosby, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
1937 – Robert McFarlane, American colonel and diplomat, 13th United States National Security Advisor (d. 2022)
1942 – Swamp Dogg, American R&B singer-songwriter and musician
1943 – Christine McVie, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 2022)
1944 – Delia Ephron, American author, playwright, and screenwriter
1945 – Butch Hancock, American country-folk singer-songwriter and musician
1948 – Walter Egan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948 – Richard Simmons, American fitness trainer and actor
1951 – Cheryl Ladd, American actress
1955 – Jimmy LaFave, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)
1959 – Charlie Murphy, American actor and comedian (d. 2017)
1967 – John Petrucci, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1971 – Kristi Yamaguchi, American figure skater
1978 – Michelle Rodriguez, American actress
1979 – Brooke Baldwin, American journalist and television news anchor
1997 – Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani-English activist, Nobel Prize laureate
…and on this day in history….
1493 – Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, is published.
1862 – The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
1962 – The Rolling Stones perform for the first time at London's Marquee Club.
1971 – The Australian Aboriginal Flag is flown for the first time.
