Today is Wednesday, the 23rd of October of 2024
October 23 is the 297th day of the year
69 days remain until the end of the year.
59 days until winter begins
12 days and 18 hours until Election Day
The sun will rise in San Francisco at 7:26:54 am
and sunset will be at 6:19:59 pm.
We will have 10 hours and 53 minutes of daylight
The solar transit will be at 12:53:26 pm.
The first high tide will be at 5:41 am at 4.82 feet
The first low tide will be at 10:25 am at 3.53 feet
The next high tide at 3:39 pm at 5.5 feet
and the final low tide at Ocean Beach will be tonight at 11:15 pm at 0.04 feet
The Moon is currently 58.8% visible
It’s a Waning Gibbous
We will have the Last Quarter Moon early tomorrow morning at 1:03 am
Today is….
Medical Assistants Recognition Day
International Mole Day
National Slap Your Irritating Co-Worker Day
Swallows Depart from San Juan Capistrano Day
Today is also….
Chu-la-long-korn Day in Thailand
Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle in the Republic of North Macedonia
Paris Peace Agreement Day in Cambodia
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share your special day with….
1920 – Bob Montana, American illustrator (d. 1975) He drew Archie Comics
1923 – Ned Rorem, American composer and author (d. 2022)
1927 – Leszek Kołakowski, Polish-English historian and philosopher (d. 2009)
1940 – Ellie Greenwich, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2009)
1940 – Pelé, Brazilian footballer and actor (d. 2022)
1949 – Nick Tosches, American journalist, author, and poet (d. 2019)
1956 – Dianne Reeves, American singer
1956 – Dwight Yoakam, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1957 – Paul Kagame, Rwandan soldier and politician, 6th President of Rwanda
1958 – Michael Eric Dyson, American activist, author, and academic
1965 – Augusten Burroughs, American author and screenwriter
1984 – Meghan McCain, American journalist, author, and television personality
….and on this day in history….
On this day in history….
4004 BC – James Ussher's proposed creation date of the world according to the Bible.
1707 – The First Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain convenes.
1850 – The first National Women's Rights Convention begins in Worcester, Massachusetts.
1868 – Meiji Restoration: Having taken the shogunate’s seat of power at Edo and declared it his new capital as Tokyo, Mutsuhito proclaims the start of the new Meiji era.
1906 – Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe.
1991 – Signing of the Paris Peace Accords which ends the Cambodian–Vietnamese War.
1998 – Israel and the Palestinian Authority sign the Wye River Memorandum.
2011 – The Libyan National Transitional Council deems the Libyan Civil War over.
