Today is Friday, the 4th of October of 2024,
October 4 is the 278th day of the year
88 days remain until the end of the year.
78 days until winter begins
31 Days and 18 hours until Election Day
The sun will rise in San Francisco at 7:08:52 am
and sunset will be at 6:46:15 pm.
We will have 11 hours and 37 minutes of daylight today
The solar transit will be at 12:57:33 pm.
The first high tide was early this morning at 12:20 am at 4.88 feet
The first low tide will be at 5:52 am at 1.93 feet
The next high tide at 12:00 pm at 5.73 feet
and the final low tide at Ocean Beach tonight will be at 6:35 pm at 0.54 feet
The Moon is currently 2.7% visible
It’s A Waxing Crescent moon
We will have the First Quarter Moon in 6 days next Thursday the 10th of October of 2024 at 11:55 am
Today is…
NATIONAL BODY LANGUAGE DAY
Cinnamon Roll or Cinnamon Bun Day
Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi
International Toot Your Flute Day
National Golf and Golf Lovers Day
Today is also….
Day of Peace and Reconciliation (Mozambique)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Lesotho from the United Kingdom in 1966.
The beginning of World Space Week (International)
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share your special day with….
1822 – Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (d. 1893)
1861 – Frederic Remington, American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 1909)
1862 – Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, sister-in-law of Vincent van Gogh, who is credited with promoting his posthumous fame (d. 1925).
1880 – Damon Runyon, American newspaperman and short story writer. (d. 1946)
1895 – Buster Keaton, American film actor, director, and producer (d. 1966)
1896 – Dorothy Lawrence, English reporter, who secretly posed as a man to become a soldier during World War I (d. 1964)
1916 – Jan Murray, American comedian, actor, and game show host (d. 2006)
1917 – Violeta Parra, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967)
1923 – Charlton Heston, American actor, director and gun rights activist (d. 2008)
1928 – Alvin Toffler, German-American journalist and author (d. 2016)
1937 – Jackie Collins, English-American author and actress (d. 2015)
1941 – Roy Blount Jr., American humorist and journalist
1941 – Anne Rice, American author (d. 2021)
1942 – Bernice Johnson Reagon, American singer-songwriter (d. 2024)
1943 – Jamil Abdullah al-Amin, known historically as H. Rap Brown, American activist
1946 – Chuck Hagel, American sergeant and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Defense
1946 – Michael Mullen, American admiral
1946 – Susan Sarandon, American actress and activist
1948 – Duke Robillard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953 – Andreas Vollenweider, Swiss harp player
1961 – Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese author and illustrator, created Yu-Gi-Oh! (d. 2022)
1976 – Alicia Silverstone, American actress, producer, and author
1989 – Dakota Johnson, American actress
….and on this day in history….
1582 – The Gregorian Calendar is introduced by Pope Gregory XIII.
1824 – Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic.
1876 – The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas opens as the first public college in Texas.
1883 – First run of the Orient Express.
1927 – Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
1957 – Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
1983 – Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019.468 km/h) at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.
1985 – The Free Software Foundation is founded.
1991 – The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.
2021 – Bubba Wallace becomes the first African-American Driver in the modern era of NASCAR to win a major race.
