Today is Thursday the 24th of October of 2024
October 24 is the 298th day of the year
68 days remain until the end of the year.
58 days until winter begins
and 11 days and 18 hours until Election Day
The sun rises this morning at 7:27:54 am
and sunset will be at 6:18:45 pm.
We will have 10 hours and 50 minutes of daylight
The solar transit will be at 12:53:19 pm.
Water temperature in Aquatic Park today is 63.3°F.
The first high tide will be at 6:47 am at 4.94 feet
The only low tide of the day will be at 11:54 am at 3.29 feet
and the final high tide at Ocean Beach today will be late this afternoon at 4:34 pm at 5.12 feet
The moon is currently 48.5% visible
We just had the third Quarter Moon this morning
It’s becoming a waning crescent moon
Today is…..
Wear Purple for Domestic Violence Awareness Day
World Development Information Day
Today is also…..
Day of Special Forces of the Armed Forces (Russia)
International Day of Diplomats
United Nations Day, the anniversary of the 1945 Charter of the United Nations (International)
World Development Information Day
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share your special day with….
1838 – Annie Edson Taylor, American stuntwoman and educator (d. 1921)
1901 – on her 62nd birthday, Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
1911 – Sonny Terry, American singer and harmonica player (d. 1986)
1915 – Bob Kane, American author and illustrator (d. 1998)
1923 – Denise Levertov, British-born American poet (d. 1997)
1929 – George Crumb, American composer and educator (d. 2022)
1930 – The Big Bopper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959)
1932 – Stephen Covey, American author and educator (d. 2012)
1932 – Adrian Mitchell, English journalist, author, poet, and playwright (d. 2008)
1935 – Mark Tully, Indian-English journalist and author
1936 – Bill Wyman, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
1939 – F. Murray Abraham, American actor
1947 – Kevin Kline, American actor and singer
1948 – Kweisi Mfume, American lawyer and politician
1954 – Malcolm Turnbull, Australian journalist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Australia
1960 – BD Wong, American actor
1986 – Drake, Canadian rapper and actor
1989 – PewDiePie, Swedish YouTuber
…..and on this day in history….
1861 – The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.
1901 – on her 62nd birthday, Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
1911 – Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
1926 – Harry Houdini's last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit.
1929 – "Black Thursday" on the New York Stock Exchange.
1946 – A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
1947 – Famed animator Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.
1975 – In Iceland, 90% of women take part in a national strike, refusing to work in protest of gender inequality.
1980 – The government of Poland legalizes the Solidarity trade union.
1992 – The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series.
