Today Monday, 3rd of June of 2024
June 3 is the 155th day of the year
211 days remain until the end of the year.
17 days until summer begins
The sun will rise in San Francisco at 5:48:29 am
and sunset will be at 8:28:28 pm.
Today we will have 14 hours and 39 minutes of daylight
The solar transit will be at 1:08:28 pm.
Water temperature in San Francisco Bay today is 63.3°F.
The first low tide was at 3:11 am at -0.28 feet
The first high tide will be at 9:38 am at 4.34 feet
The next low tide will be at 2:33 pm at 1.87 feet
and the final high tide at Ocean Beach tonight will be at 8:53 pm at 6.66 feet
The Moon is currently 11.6% visible
It’s a Waning Crescent moon
We’ll have a New Moon 6th of June of 2024 at 5:38 am in 3 days
Today is….
Chimborazo Day, a celebration of the mountain in Ecuador
National "Thank God It's Monday" Day
National Chocolate Macaroon Day
National Leave the Office Early Day
Today is also….
In the Roman Empire, it’s the Festival for the goddess Bellona.
Economist day (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Mabo Day (Australia)
Opium Suppression Movement Day (Taiwan)
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share your special day with….
1603 – Pietro Paolini, Italian painter (d. 1681)
1865 – George V of the United Kingdom (d. 1936)
1877 – Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (d. 1953)
1897 – Memphis Minnie, American singer-songwriter (d. 1973)
1901 – Maurice Evans, English actor (d. 1989)
1904 – Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (d. 1950)
1904 – Jan Peerce, American tenor and actor (d. 1984)
1906 – Josephine Baker, French actress, singer, and dancer; French Resistance operative (d. 1975)
1910 – Paulette Goddard, American actress and model (d. 1990)
1924 – Jimmy Rogers, American singer and guitarist (d. 1997)
1925 – Tony Curtis, American actor (d. 2010)
1926 – Allen Ginsberg, American poet (d. 1997)
1927 – Boots Randolph, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2007)
1929 – Chuck Barris, American game show host and producer (d. 2017)
1930 – Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author and poet (d. 1999)
1930 – Joe Coulombe, founder of Trader Joe's (d. 2020)
1931 – Raúl Castro, Cuban commander and politician, 18th President of Cuba
1936 – Larry McMurtry, American novelist and screenwriter (d. 2021)
1942 – Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1999)
1950 – Suzi Quatro, American-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951 – Jill Biden, American educator, First Lady of the United States
1961 – Ed Wynne, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
…and on this day in history….
1889 – The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23 km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
1937 – The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
1992 – Australian Aboriginal land rights are recognised in Mabo v Queensland (No 2), a case brought by Torres Strait Islander Eddie Mabo which led to the Native Title Act 1993 overturning the long-held colonial assumption of terra nullius.
2013 – The trial of United States Army private Chelsea Manning for leaking classified material to WikiLeaks begins in Fort Meade, Maryland.
