Today is Wednesday, the 31st of July of 2024,
July 31 is the 213th day of the year
153 days remain until the end of the year.
53 days until autumn begins
97 days until Election Day
The sun will rise in San Francisco at 6:13:14 am
and sunset will be at 8:18:14 pm.
We will have 14 hours and 5 minutes of daylight today.
The solar transit will be at 1:15:44 pm.
Water temperature in San Francisco Bay today is 65.8°F.
The first low tide was at 2:51 am at -0.33 feet
The first high tide will be at 9:56 am at 4.66 feet
The next low tide at 2:11 pm at 3.31 feet
and the final high tide at Ocean Beach tonight will be at 8:07 pm at 6.64 feet
The Moon is currently 16.1% visible
It’s a Waning Crescent
We will have a New Moon in 4 days on Sunday the 4th of August of 2024 at 4:13 am
Today is….
National Jump for Jelly Beans Day
Uncommon Instrument Awareness Day
Today is also….
Sovereignty Restoration Day (Hawaiian sovereignty movement)
Martyrdom Day of Shahid Udham Singh in Haryana and Punjab states in India
And Warriors' Day in Malaysia
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share your special day with….
1867 – S. S. Kresge, American businessman, founded Kmart (d. 1966)
1875 – Jacques Villon, French painter (d. 1963)
1886 – Fred Quimby, American animation producer (d. 1965)
1912 – Milton Friedman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)
1918 – Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2010)
1919 – Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster and actor (d. 2006)
1919 – Primo Levi, Italian chemist and author (d. 1987)
1923 – Ahmet Ertegun, Turkish-American songwriter and producer, founded Atlantic Records (d. 2006)
1931 – Kenny Burrell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1932 – Ted Cassidy, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1979)
1939 – Susan Flannery, American actress
1944 – Geraldine Chaplin, American actress and screenwriter
1946 – Gary Lewis, American pop-rock musician
1952 – Faye Kellerman, American author
1958 – Mark Cuban, American businessman and television personality
1959 – Stanley Jordan, American guitarist, pianist, and songwriter
1962 – Wesley Snipes, American actor and producer
1965 – J. K. Rowling, English author and film producer
….and on this day in history….
781 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: Sixth day of the seventh month of the first year of the Ten'o (天応) era).
1703 – Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.
1777 – The U.S. Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette "be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general of the United States."
1790 – The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
1874 – Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.
1991 – The United States and Soviet Union both sign the START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the first to reduce (with verification) both countries' stockpiles.
1992 – The nation of Georgia joins the United Nations.
2006 – Fidel Castro hands over power to his brother, Raúl.
2007 – Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end.
2012 – Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Larisa Latynina for the most medals won at the Olympics.
