Today is Thursday May 1, 2025
May 1 is the 121st day of the year
244 days remain until the end of the year.
50 days until summer begins
Sunrise at 6:14:19 am
and sunset will be at 8:00:37 pm.
Today we have 13 hours and 46 minutes of daylight
The solar transit will be at 1:07:28 pm.
The first high tide was at 1:11 am at 6.42 feet
The first low tide was at 8:31 am at -1.31 feet
The next high tide will be at 3:53 pm at 4.65 feet
and the final low tide at Ocean Beach tonight will be at 8:24 pm at 3.12 feet
The Moon is currently 19.1% visible
It’s a Waxing Crescent moon
We’ll have the First Quarter Moon in 3 days on Sunday the 4th of May of 2025 at 6:52 am
Today is….
Bread Pudding Recipe Exchange Day
National Chocolate Parfait Day
Silver Star Service Banner Day
Therapeutic Massage Awareness Day
Today is also….Armed Forces Day (Mauritania)
Constitution Day (Argentina, Latvia, Marshall Islands)
Commemoration of the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat following the foundation of Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti (India):
International Sunflower Guerrilla Gardening Day
International Workers' Day or Labour Day (International), and its related observances:
Law Day (United States), formerly intended to counterbalance the celebration of Labour Day. (United States)
Loyalty Day, formerly intended to counterbalance the celebration of Labour Day. (United States)
May Day (beginning of Summer) observances in the Northern hemisphere
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share your special day with….
1852 – Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and professional scout (d. 1903)
1857 – Theo van Gogh, Dutch art dealer (d. 1891)
1862 – Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright (d. 1941)
1864 – Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day (d. 1948)
1896 – Mark W. Clark, American general (d. 1984)
1907 – Kate Smith, American singer and actress (d. 1986)
1910 – Raya Dunayevskaya, Ukrainian-American philosopher and activist (d. 1987)
1918 – Jack Paar, American comedian, author and talk show host (d. 2004)
1923 – Joseph Heller, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1999)
1924 – Terry Southern, American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1925 – Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2013)
1928 – Sonny James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
1930 – Little Walter Jacobs, American blues harp player and singer (d. 1968)
1934 – Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Mexican politician
1934 – Shirley Horn, American singer and pianist (d. 2005)
1939 – Judy Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1945 – Rita Coolidge, American singer-songwriter
1951 – Sally Mann, American photographer
1967 – Tim McGraw, American singer-songwriter and actor
…..and on this day in history…..
1328 – Wars of Scottish Independence end: By the Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton, England recognises Scotland as an independent state.
1707 – The Act of Union joining England and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain takes effect.
1807 – The Slave Trade Act 1807 takes effect, abolishing the slave trade within the British Empire.
1840 – The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
1844 – Hong Kong Police Force, the world's second modern police force and Asia's first, is established.
1886 – Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers' Day in many countries.
1894 – Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
1930 – "Pluto" is officially proposed for the name of the newly discovered dwarf planet by Vesto Slipher in the Lowell Observatory Observation Circular. The name quickly catches on.
1931 – The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
1956 – The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.
1970 – Vietnam War: Protests erupt in response to U.S. and South Vietnamese forces attacking Vietnamese communists in a Cambodian Campaign.
1971 – Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service.
2009 – Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden.
