Today is Monday, the 29th of April of 2024
April 29 is the 120th day of the year
246 days remain until the end of the year.
52 days until summer begins
The sun will rise in San Francisco at 6:15:12 am
and sunset will be at 7:59:55 pm.
Today we will have 13 hours and 44 minutes of daylight
The solar transit will be at 1:07:33 pm.
Water temperature in San Francisco Bay today is 60.8°F.
The first high tide was at 2:04 am at 5.5 feet
The first low tide will be at 9:36 am at -0.56 feet
The next high tide will be at 5:27 pm at 4.2 feet
and the final low tide at Ocean Beach tonight will be at 9:27 pm at 3.47 feet
The Moon is currently 71.1% visible
It’s a Waning Gibbous
We’ll have the Last Quarter Moon in 2 days on Wednesday the 1st of May of 2024 at 4:27 am
Today is….
Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare
Shōwa Day, traditionally the start of the Golden Week holiday period, which is April 29 and May 3–5 in Japan
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share your special day with….
1863 – William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (d. 1951)
1879 – Thomas Beecham, English conductor (d. 1961)
1895 – Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer and conductor (d. 1967)
1899 – Duke Ellington, American pianist, composer and bandleader (d. 1974)
1901 – Hirohito, Japanese emperor (d. 1989)
1917 – Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (d. 2012)
1922 – Toots Thielemans, Belgian guitarist and harmonica player (d. 2016
1929 – Jeremy Thorpe, English lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
1931 – Lonnie Donegan, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
1933 – Rod McKuen, American singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2015)
1933 – Willie Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer and actor
1935 – Otis Rush, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2018)
1936 – Zubin Mehta, Indian conductor
1938 – Bernie Madoff, American businessman, financier and convicted felon (d. 2021)
1945 – Tammi Terrell, American soul singer-songwriter (d. 1970)
1947 – Tommy James, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
1952 – Nora Dunn, American actress and comedian[155]
1952 – Bob McClure, American baseball player and coach[156]
1952 – Dave Valentin, American flautist (d. 2017)
1954 – Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian, actor and producer
1955 – Leslie Jordan, American actor, comedian, writer and singer (d. 2022)
1955 – Kate Mulgrew, American actress
1957 – Daniel Day-Lewis, British actor
1958 – Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress
1958 – Eve Plumb, American actress
1970 – Uma Thurman, American actress
1989 – Candace Owens, American political commentator and activist
….and on this day in history….
1826 – The galaxy Centaurus A or NGC 5128 is discovered by James Dunlop.
1910 – The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.
1911 – Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
1916 – Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end
1953 – The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast shows an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.
1967 – After refusing induction into the United States Army the previous day, Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.
1974 – Watergate scandal: United States President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings relating to the scandal.
1992 – Riots in Los Angeles begin, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 63 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.
1997 – The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.
2004 – The final Oldsmobile is built in Lansing, Michigan, ending 107 years of vehicle production.
2011 – The Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton takes place at Westminster Abbey in London.
2015 – A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.
