Today is Wednesday, the 19th of November of 2025,
November 19 is the 323rd day of the year
42 days remain until the end of the year.
32 days until winter begins
Sunrise at 6:54:58 am
and sunset will be at 4:55:12 pm.
We will have 10 hours of daylight today
The solar transit will be at 11:55:05 am.
Water temperature in San Francisco Bay today is 59.7°F.
The first low tide will be at 3:19 am at 2.81 feet
The first high tide will be at 9:14 am at 6.12 feet
The next low tide at 4:22 pm at -0.35 feet
and the final low tide at Ocean Beach tonight at 11:23 pm at 4.64 feet
The Moon is currently 0.6% visible
It's still a Waning Crescent moon
We'll have that New Moon later this evening at 10:47 pm
Today is....
"Have a Bad Day" Day
Equal Opportunity Day
Also known as Dedication Day and Gettysburg Address Day
Geographic Information Systems Day
International Men's Day
National Blow Bagpipes Day
National Camp Day
National Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day
National Educational Support Professionals Day
National Macchiato Day
National Zinfandel Day
Play Monopoly Day
Women's Entrepreneurship Day
World Toilet Day
Today is also....
Day of Discovery of Puerto Rico in Puerto Rico
Day of Missile Forces and Artillery in Russia, Belarus
Flag Day in Brazil
Garifuna Settlement Day in Belize
Liberation Day in Mali
Martyrs' Day in Uttar Pradesh, India
The Sovereign Prince's Day in Monaco
Women's Entrepreneurship Day
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You get to share cake and ice cream with....
1417 – Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern (died 1480)
1831 – James A. Garfield, American general, lawyer, and politician, 20th President of the United States (died 1881)
1862 – Billy Sunday, American baseball player and evangelist (died 1935)
1873 – Elizabeth McCombs, the first woman elected to the Parliament of New Zealand (died 1935)
1905 – Tommy Dorsey, American trombonist, composer and bandleader (died 1956)
1909 – Peter Drucker, Austrian-American theorist, educator, and author (died 2005).
1917 – Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of India (died 1984)
1920 – Gene Tierney, American actress and singer (died 1991)
1921 – Roy Campanella, American baseball player and coach (died 1993)
1926 – Jeane Kirkpatrick, American academic and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (died 2006)
1933 – Larry King, American journalist and talk show host (died 2021)
1936 – Dick Cavett, American actor and talk show host
1938 – Ted Turner, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Turner Broadcasting System
1939 – Tom Harkin, American lawyer and politician
1941 – Tommy Thompson, American captain and politician, 42nd Governor of Wisconsin, 19th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
1942 – Calvin Klein, American fashion designer, founded Calvin Klein Inc.
1953 – Tom Villard, American actor (died 1994)
1954 – Kathleen Quinlan, American actress
1957 – Ofra Haza, Israeli singer-songwriter and actress (died 2000)
1961 – Meg Ryan, American actress and producer
1962 – Jodie Foster, American actress, director, and producer
1976 – Jack Dorsey, American businessman, co-founded Twitter
1977 – Reid Scott, American actor
....and on this day in history....
461 – Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the magister militum Ricimer.
1802 – The Garinagu, also known as The Garifuna arrive at British Honduras, which is now Belize
1916 – Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.
1950 – US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes Supreme Commander of NATO-Europe.
1954 – Télé Monte Carlo, Europe's oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III.
1955 – National Review publishes its first issue.
1967 – The establishment of TVB, the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong.
1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean land at Oceanus Procellarum (the "Ocean of Storms") and become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon.
1969 – Association football player Pelé scores his 1,000th goal.
1979 – Iran hostage crisis: Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and black American hostages being held at the US Embassy in Tehran.
1985 – Cold War: In Geneva, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time.
1998 – Clinton–Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings into U.S. President Bill Clinton.
2001 – The Aviation and Transportation Security Act is enacted by the 107th United States Congress in the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The Act created the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
2023 – The 2023 Cricket World Cup final takes place at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India, played between host nation India and Australia.
