Today is Tuesday, October 3, 2023, the 276th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar with 89 days remaining until the end of the year.
Sunrise: 7:06am
Sunset: 6:49pm
...giving us 11 hours and 42 minutes of daylight.
The waning gibbous moon will set at 12:06pm and rise at 9:34pm and is 79.7% illuminated.
San Francisco Tides:
High: 3:37am/2:36pm
Low: 8:22am/9:29pm
The water temperature in Aquatic Park averaging 66 degrees.
Today's special celebrations...
National Fruit At Work Day
Techies Day
National Caramel Custard Day
On this day in...
1863 - U.S. President Lincoln declared that the last Thursday of November would be recognized as Thanksgiving Day.
1888 - "The Yeomen of the Guard" was performed for the first time. It was the first of 423 shows.
1893 - The motor-driven vacuum cleaner was patented by J.S. Thurman.
1901 - The Victor Talking Machine Company was incorporated. After a merger with Radio Corporation of America the company became RCA-Victor.
1906 - W.T. Grant opened a 25-cent department store.
1922 - Rebecca L. Felton became the first female to hold office of U.S. Senator. She was appointed by Governor Thomas W. Hardwick of Georgia to fill a vacancy.
1929 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes officially changed its name to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
1932 - Iraq was admitted into the League of Nations leading Britain to terminate their mandate over the nation. Britain had ruled Iraq since taking it from Turkey during World War I.
1942 - The Office of Economic Stabilization was established by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He also authorized controls on rents, wages, salaries and farm prices.
1955 - "Captain Kangaroo" premiered on CBS-TV.
1955 - "The Mickey Mouse Club" premiered on ABC-TV.
1961 - "The Dick Van Dyke Show" debuted on CBS-TV.
1981 - Irish Nationalists in Maze Prison in Belfast, Northern Ireland called off their hunger strike. The strike had lasted 7 months and ten people had died.
1988 - The space shuttle Discovery landed safely after its four-day mission. It was the first American shuttle mission since the Challenger disaster.
1990 - The Berlin Wall was dismantled eleven months after the borders between East and West Germany were dissolved. The unification of Germany ended 45 years of division.
1990 - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein made a visit to Kuwait since his country had seized control of the oil-rich nation.
2001 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) broke Babe Ruth's major league single-season record for walks at 171.
Birthday celebrants on this day include or included...
- Thomas Wolfe 1900 - Author
- Harvey Kurtzman 1902 - Founder of "Mad" magazine
- Gore Vidal 1925
- Chubby Checker 1941
- Lindsey Buckingham 1947 - Musician (Fleetwood Mac)
- Ronnie Laws 1950
- Stevie Ray Vaughan 1954
- Tommy Lee 1961 Musician (Motley Crue)
- Gwen Stefani 1969 - Singer, songwriter (No Doubt)
