Today is Thursday, the 6th of June of 2024,
June 6 is the 158th day of the year
208 days remain until the end of the year.
14 days until summer begins
The sun rose this morning at 5:47:47 am
and sunset will be at 8:30:11 pm.
We will have 14 hours and 42 minutes of daylight
The solar transit will be at 1:08:59 pm.
Water temperature in San Francisco Bay today is 62.1°F.
The first low tide will be at 5:31 am at -1.48 feet
The first high tide will be at 12:39 pm at 4.83 feet
The next low tide will be at 5:03 pm at 3.01 feet
and the final high tide at Ocean Beach tonight will be at 10:55 pm at 6.72 feet
The Moon is 0.1% visible
It’s a New Moon as of 5:33 this morning
Today is….
National Gardening Exercise Day
Today is also….
Korean Children's Union Foundation Day in North Korea
National Day of Sweden, marking the end of the Danish-ruled Kalmar Union and the coronation of King Gustav Vasa
National Huntington's Disease Awareness Day in the United States
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share your special day with….
1599 – Diego Velázquez (date of baptism), Spanish painter and educator (d. 1660)
1755 – Nathan Hale, American soldier (d. 1776)
1756 – John Trumbull, American soldier and painter (d. 1843)
1799 – Alexander Pushkin, Russian author and poet (d. 1837)
1875 – Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
1890 – Ted Lewis, American singer, clarinet player, and bandleader (d. 1971)
1901 – Sukarno, Indonesian engineer and politician, 1st President of Indonesia (d. 1970)
1902 – Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1947)
1903 – Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer and conductor (d. 1978)
1923 – V. C. Andrews, American author, illustrator, and painter (d. 1986)
1936 – Levi Stubbs, American soul singer; lead vocalist of the Four Tops (d. 2008)
1939 – Gary U.S. Bonds, American singer-songwriter
1943 – Richard Smalley, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate in 1996 for chemistry (d. 2005)
1944 – Monty Alexander, Jamaican jazz pianist
1949 – Holly Near, American folk singer and songwriter
1954 – Harvey Fierstein, American actor and playwright; winner of four Tony Awards
1956 – Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player; winner of eleven Grand Slam singles titles including five consecutive Wimbledons
1959 – Colin Quinn, American comedian and actor
1960 – Steve Vai, American musician
1967 – Paul Giamatti, American actor and producer
…and on this day in history….
1844 – The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London.
1889 – The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
1892 – The Chicago "L" elevated rail system begins operation.
1894 – Governor Davis H. Waite orders the Colorado state militia to protect and support the miners engaged in the Cripple Creek miners' strike.
1925 – The original Chrysler Corporation was founded by Walter Chrysler from the remains of the Maxwell Motor Company.
1933 – The first drive-in theater opens in Camden, New Jersey.
1934 – New Deal: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 into law, establishing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
1944 – Commencement of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, with the execution of Operation Neptune—commonly referred to as D-Day—the largest seaborne invasion in history. Nearly 160,000 Allied troops cross the English Channel with about 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers participating. By the end of the day, the Allies have landed on five invasion beaches and are pushing inland.
1966 – March Against Fear: African-American civil rights activist James Meredith is wounded in an ambush by white sniper James Aubrey Norvell. Meredith and Norvell are photographed by Jack R. Thornell, whose photo will receive the 1967 Pulitzer Prize in Photography, the last one to be awarded in the category.
