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Almanac - Thursday, October 17, 2024

It's National Forgive Your Ex Day!

(Tarik Ansari filling in for Kevin Vance)

Today is Thursday, the 17th of October, 2024,

October 17th is the 291st day of the year

65 days until winter begins

The sun will rise this morning at 7:21 am

and the sun will set this evening at 6:29 pm.

We will have 11 hours and 8 minutes of daylight

Solar noon will be at 12:54 pm.

Our first low tide today was at 4:40 a.m; the next low tide will be at 5:27 PM this afternoon.

We’ll have a high tide at 10:54 AM this morning; the next high tide will be at 11:59 PM this evening.

Water temperature in the bay is 65 degrees.

The Moon is 100% visible, it’s a full moon!

Today is…

Black Poetry Day

Forgive an Ex Day

National Pasta Day

National Pay Back a Friend

Mulligan Day

Spreadsheet Day

National Play Card Collection Day

National Get Smart About Credit Day

 

On this day in history….

1989 - Before to the start of Game 3 of the World Series between the Oakland Athletics and the San Francisco Giants, the Loma Prieta earthquake struck, devastating the Bay and delaying the series 10 days.

If today is your birthday, happy birthday! You share this special day with:

Playwright Arthur Miller, born in 1915, passed in 2005

Comedian Norm MacDonald, born in 1959, passed in 1959

Rapper Eminem, born in 1972

Kevin Vance created a program of folk music for KALW, A Patchwork Quilt, in October 1991. He grew up in Berkeley during the 1960s and '70s and spent his years learning in public schools, community colleges, bookstores, libraries, and non-commercial radio stations, as well as from the people around him. When he's not on the radio, then he's selling books, taking care of his family, listening to music, entering stuff into a computer, or taking a class.