Today is Friday the 2nd of August of 2024,
August 2 is the 215th day of the year
151 days remain until the end of the year.
51 days until autumn begins
95 days until elections on November 5
The sun rose this morning at 6:14:55 am
and the sun sets this evening at 8:16:12 pm.
Today we will have 14 hours and one minute of daylight
The solar transit will be at 1:15:33 pm.
Water temperature in San Francisco Bay today is 65.7°F.
The first low tide was at 4:27 am at -0.66 feet
The first high tide will be at 11:28 pm at 5.05 feet
The next low tide will be at 4:03 pm at 3.16 feet
and the final high tide at Ocean Beach tonight will be at 9:48 pm at 6.58 feet
The Moon is currently 4.0% visible
It’s a Waning Crescent
We’ll have a New Moon in 2 days Sunday the 4th of August of 2024 at 4:13 am
Today is….
National Ice Cream Sandwich Day
Today is also….
Our Lady of the Angels Day in Costa Rica
Republic Day in North Macedonia
Roma Holocaust Memorial Day in Europe
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share your special day with….
1260 – Kyawswa of Pagan, last ruler of the Pagan Kingdom (d. 1299)
1865 – Irving Babbitt, American academic and critic (d. 1933)
1870 – Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (d. 1954)
1897 – Max Weber, Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 1974)
1905 – Myrna Loy, American actress (d. 1993)
1911 – Ann Dvorak, American actress (d. 1979)
1923 – Shimon Peres, Polish-Israeli lawyer and politician, 9th President of Israel (d. 2016)
1924 – James Baldwin, American novelist, poet, and critic (d. 1987)
1924 – Carroll O'Connor, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1932 – Peter O'Toole, British-Irish actor and producer (d. 2013)
1935 – Hank Cochran, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)
1937 – Garth Hudson, Canadian keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
1939 – Wes Craven, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1942 – Isabel Allende, Chilean-American novelist, essayist, essayist
1944 – Naná Vasconcelos, Brazilian singer and berimbau player (d. 2016)
1953 – Butch Patrick, American actor
1955 – Caleb Carr, American historian and author (d. 2024)
1964 – Mary-Louise Parker, American actress
1984 – JD Vance, American politician
1992 – Charli XCX, English singer-songwriter
…and on this day in history….
1776 – The actual signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
1790 – The first United States Census is conducted.
1869 – Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
1870 – Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
1873 – The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.
1923 – Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
1937 – The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
1990 – Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
