Today is Monday, the 17th of March of 2025,
March 17 is the 76th day of the year
289 days remain until the end of the year.
3 days until spring begins
Spring Equinox will occur on Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM in the Northern Hemisphere · Pacific Time
Sunrise at 7:16:48 am
and sunset will be at 7:20:10 pm.
We will have 12 hours and 3 minutes of daylight
The solar transit will be at 1:18:29 pm.
Water temperature in Aquatic Park today is 54.5°F.
The first high tide was at 12:57 am at 5.5 feet
The first low tide will be at 7:29 am at 0.58 feet
The next high tide will be this afternoon at 1:48 pm at 4.35 feet
and the final low tide at Ocean Beach tonight will be at 7:11 pm at 2 feet
The Moon is currently 90.9% visible
It was a full moon a couple of days ago
It’s now a Waning Gibbous
We’ll have the Last Quarter Moon in 5 days on Saturday the 22nd of March of 2025 at 4:30 am
On this day in Women’s Herstory….
1842 – The Female Relief Society of Nauvoo is formally organized with Emma Smith as president.
On March 17th, the 1937 flight attempt by Amelia Earhart and her crew from Oakland to Honolulu
1969 – Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel.
and in 1995, Alice Greenough, a rodeo rider, was born
Today is….
Saint Patrick's Day, a public holiday in Ireland, Montserrat and the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, widely celebrated in the English-speaking world and to a lesser degree in other parts of the world.
Today is also….
Birthday of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Bangladesh)
Evacuation Day (Suffolk County, Massachusetts)
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday to you! You share your special day with….
1665 – Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, French harpsichord player and composer (d. 1729)
1834 – Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (d. 1900)
1846 – Kate Greenaway, English author and illustrator (d. 1901)
1877 – Edith New, English militant suffragette (d. 1951)
1905 – Lillian Yarbo, American comedienne, dancer, and singer (d. 1996)
1908 – Brigitte Helm, German-Swiss actress (d. 1996)
1912 – Bayard Rustin, American activist (d. 1987)
1919 – Nat King Cole, American singer, pianist, and television host (d. 1965)
1920 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladeshi politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (d. 1975)
1927 – Betty Allen, American soprano and educator (d. 2009)
1930 – Paul Horn, American-Canadian flute player and saxophonist (d. 2014)
1931 – Patricia Breslin, American actress (d. 2011)
1933 – Myrlie Evers-Williams, American journalist and activist
1933 – Penelope Lively, English author
1936 – Ida Kleijnen, Dutch chef (d. 2019)
1937 – Galina Samsova, Russian ballerina (d. 2021)
1938 – Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-French dancer and choreographer (d. 1993)
1938 – Zola Taylor, American singer (d. 2007)
1941 – Paul Kantner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
1942 – Yoko Yamamoto, Japanese actress (d. 2024)
1944 – Pattie Boyd, English model, author, and photographer
1948 – William Gibson, American-Canadian author and screenwriter
1948 – Jessica Williams, American jazz pianist and composer (In the Key of Monk), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2022)
1955 – Cynthia McKinney, American activist and politician
1961 – Dana Reeve, American actress, singer, and activist (d. 2006)
1962 – Janet Gardner, American singer and guitarist
1962 – Clare Grogan, Scottish singer and actress
1973 – Caroline Corr, Irish Celtic folk rock singer, drummer, and bodhrán player (The Corrs - "What Can I Do"), born in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland
1977 – Tamar Braxton, American singer and television personality
1979 – Stormy Daniels, American adult film actress
1979 – Mineko Nomachi, Japanese essayist
1985 – Tuğba Karademir, Turkish-Canadian figure skater
1986 – Jeremy Pargo, American basketball player
1986 – Silke Spiegelburg, German pole vaulter
1990 – Saina Nehwal, Indian badminton player
1995 – Claressa Shields, American boxer and mixed martial artist
1997 – Katie Ledecky, American swimmer
….and on this day in history….
1950 – Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name "californium".
1958 – The United States launches the first solar-powered satellite, which is also the first satellite to achieve a long-term orbit.
1973 – The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
