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Almanac - Friday August 4, 2023

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Milk and chocolate chip cookies

Today is Friday, 4th of August of 2023,

August 4 is the 216th day of the year

149 days remain until the end of the year.

50 days until autumn begins

The sun rose earlier this hour at 6:15:59 am

and the sun will set this evening at 8:14:54 pm.

We will have 13 hours and 58 minutes of daylight

The solar transit will be at 1:15:26 pm.

Water temperature in San Francisco Bay today is 63.1°F.

The first high tide was early this morning at 12:43 am at 6.58 feet

The first low tide will be at 7:27 am at -0.76 feet

The next high tide at 2:12 pm at 5.75 feet

and the final low tide at Ocean Beach will be 8:22 pm this evening at 1.82 feet

The Moon is currently 88.7% visible

It’s a Waning Gibbous

Last Quarter Moon 8th of August of 2023 at 3:28 am in 4 days

Today is…

Assistance Dog Day

Braham Pie Day

Hooray for Kids Day

International Beer Day

National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day

National White Wine Day

Single Working Women's Day

U.S. Coast Guard Day

Today is also…

Matica slovenská Day in Slovakia

Barack Obama Day in Illinois in the United States

2020 Beirut explosion commemoration day in Lebanon

If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this special day with…

1821Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer, founded Louis Vuitton (d. 1892)

1821James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (d. 1881)

1870Harry Lauder, Scottish actor and singer (d. 1950)

1898Ernesto Maserati, Italian race car driver and engineer (d. 1975)

1900Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother of the United Kingdom (d. 2002)

1901Louis Armstrong, American trumpet player and singer (d. 1971)

1912 – Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish architect and diplomat (d. 1947)

1952 – Moya Brennan, Irish singer-songwriter and harp player

1961Barack Obama, American lawyer and politician, 44th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate

1983Greta Gerwig, American actress, producer, and screenwriter

…and on this day in history…

1693 – Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon's invention of champagne; it is not clear whether he actually invented

champagne, however he has been credited as an innovator who developed the techniques used to perfect sparkling wine.

1821The Saturday Evening Post is published for the first time as a weekly newspaper.

1914World War I: In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The

United States declares its neutrality.

1964Civil rights movement: Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in

Mississippi after disappearing on June 21.

1964 – Second Gulf of Tonkin Incident: U.S. destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy mistakenly report coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin

1977U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.

1987 – The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues "fairly".

Kevin Vance created a program of folk music for KALW, A Patchwork Quilt, in October 1991. He grew up in Berkeley during the 1960s and '70s and spent his years learning in public schools, community colleges, bookstores, libraries, and non-commercial radio stations, as well as from the people around him. When he's not on the radio, then he's selling books, taking care of his family, listening to music, entering stuff into a computer, or taking a class.