Today is Thursday, the 7th of September of 2023,
September 7 is the 250th day of the year
115 days remain until the end of the year.
16 days until autumn begins
The sun will rise in San Francisco at 6:45:02 am and sunset will be at 7:29:07 pm.
We will have 12 hours and 44 minutes of daylight
The solar transit will be at 1:07:04 pm
Water temperature in San Francisco Bay today is 66.2°F
The first high tide will be at 7:10 am at 4.44 feet
The first low tide will be at 11:35 am at 3.42 feet
The next high tide at 5:17 pm at 5.76 feet
and the final low tide in the next 24 hours will be early tomorrow morning at 1:03 pm at 0.45 feet
The Moon is currently 43.9% visible
It’s a Waning Crescent moon
We’ll have a New Moon next Thursday, a week from today, the 14th of September of 2023 at 6:40 pm
Today is…
National Neither Snow Nor Rain Day
New Hampshire Day
Today is also….
Independence Day in Brazil, celebrates the independence of Brazil from Portugal in 1822.
Military Intelligence Day in Ukraine
National Threatened Species Day in Australia
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this special day with….
923 – Suzaku, emperor of Japan (d. 952)
1860 – Grandma Moses, American painter (d. 1961)
1909 – Elia Kazan, Greek-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
1911 – Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian police officer and politician, Head of State of Bulgaria (d. 1998)
1912 – David Packard, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (d. 1996)
1923 – Peter Lawford, English-American actor (d. 1984)
1924 – Daniel Inouye, American captain and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2012)
1926 – Samuel Goldwyn Jr., American director and producer (d. 2015)
1926 – Don Messick, American voice actor (d. 1997)
1930 – Sonny Rollins, American saxophonist and composer
1932 – Malcolm Bradbury, English author and academic (d. 2000)
1932 – John Paul Getty Jr., American-English philanthropist and book collector (d. 2003)
1934 – Little Milton, American singer and guitarist (d. 2005)
1936 – Buddy Holly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959)
1943 – Gloria Gaynor, American singer-songwriter
1946 – Joe Klein, American journalist and author
1950 – Julie Kavner, American actress
1950 – Peggy Noonan, American author, journalist, speechwriter, and pundit
1951 – Chrissie Hynde, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951 – Mark Isham, American trumpet player and composer
1956 – Michael Feinstein, American singer and pianist
1962 – Jennifer Egan, American novelist and short story writer
1964 – Eazy-E, American rapper and producer (d. 1995)
1967 – Leslie Jones, American comedian and actress
…and on this day in history….
878 – Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII.
1630 – The city of Boston, Massachusetts, is founded in North America.
1876 – In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James–Younger Gang attempt to rob the town's bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
1911 – French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
1916 – US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
1927 – The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
1977 – The Torrijos–Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The United States agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
1979 – The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for US$1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy.
1986 – Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town.
2021 – Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador.
