Triska-deka-phobics unite!
You have nothing to fear but....today!
Today is Friday the 13th of March of 2026
March 13 is the 72nd day of the year
293 days remain until the end of the year.
7 days until spring begins
Sunrise at 7:23:12 am
and sunset will be at 7:16:10 pm.
We will have 11 hours and 52 minutes of daylight
The solar transit will be at 1:19:41 pm.
Water temperature in San Francisco Bay today is 58.6°F.
The first low tide was early this morning at 1:30 am at 3.31 feet
The first high tide was just a couple of minutes ago at 6:42 am at 5.15 feet
The next low tide at 2:19 pm at 0.23 feet
and the final high tide at Ocean Beach tonight will be at 9:34 pm at 4.39 feet
The Moon is currently 30% visible
It's a Waning Crescent
We'll have a New Moon in 5 days Wednesday the 18th of March of 2026 at 6:23 pm
Today is....
Donald Duck Day
Earmuff Day
K-9 Veterans Day
Ken Day
National Chicken Noodle Soup Day
National Coconut Torte Day
National Dermatologist Day
National Ginger Ale Day
National Good Samaritan Day
National Jewel Day
National Open an Umbrella Indoors Day
National Preschooler's Day
National Riesling Day
World Sleep Day
Today is also...
Kasuga Matsuri at the Kasuga Grand Shrine, Nara, Japan
National Elephant Day in Thailand
Africa Scout Day
On this day in Women's Herstory...
1961 – On this day, Eleanor Roosevelt met with President John F. Kennedy to advocate for the appointment of more women to high-level government positions.
1986 – Susan Butcher won her first of four Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Races, eventually becoming a three-time consecutive champion.
1964 – The tragic death of Catherine "Kitty" Genovese occurred on this day. The circumstances of her murder—and the reported lack of intervention by witnesses—later inspired the creation of National Good Samaritan Day.
1997 – The Missionaries of Charity choose Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as their leader.
2020 – Breonna Taylor is killed by police officers who were forcibly entering her home in Louisville, Kentucky; her death sparked extensive protests against racism and police brutality.
2020 – Katerina Sa-kella-ro-pou-lou is sworn in as the first female President of Greece amid strict COVID-19 measures,
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share your special day with these figures in Women's Herstory....
1892 – Janet Flanner, journalist, wrote a weekly letter for the New Yorker from France under the name “Genet” (Frenchified “Janet”) for 50 years except for the Nazi occupation. In 1948, she was made a knight of the Legion of House (d. 1978)
1898 – La Meri, one of the world’s greatest ethnological dancers from 1924 to the 1970s, danced with Anna Pavlova, learned native dances all over the world, lectured, wrote, founded the Ethnologic Dance Theater (d. 1988)
1944 – Susan Gerbi, biochemist, helped devise a method to map the start site of DNA replication, researched the role of hormones in certain cancers
1894 – Clara Smith, American blues singer, billed as the "Queen of the Moaners", born in Spartanburg County, South Carolina (d. 1935)
1916 – Ina Ray Hutton [Odessa Cowan], American singer and big band bandleader (Ina Ray Hutton Show), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1984)
1931 – Rosalind Elias, American mezzo-soprano (Wagner's Die Walküre - "Grimgerde"; Barber's Vanessa - "Erika"), and opera director, born in Lowell, Massachusetts (d. 2020)
1940 – (Canzetta) "Candi" Staton, American gospel singer ("Young Hearts Run Free"), born in Hanceville, Alabama
1947 – Lesley Collier, English ballet dancer (Royal Ballet, 1972-95), and teacher (Royal Ballet School), born in Orpington, England
1949 – Julia Migenes, American soprano, born in New York City
1969 – Susanna Mälkki, Finnish cellist and conductor (Ensemble InterContemporain, 2006-13; La Scala, 2011; Helsinki Philharmonic, 2016-23), born in Helsinki, Finland
1798 – Abigail Fillmore, American wife of Millard Fillmore, 14th First Lady of the United States (died 1853)
1907 – Dorothy Tangney, Australian politician (died 1985)
1908 – Myrtle Bachelder, American chemist and Women's Army Corps officer (died 1997)
1933 – Diane Dillon, American illustrator
1941 – Donella Meadows, American environmentalist, author, and academic (died 2001)
1947 – Lesley Collier, English ballerina and educator
1947 – Lyn St. James, American race car driver[127]
1949 – Sian Elias, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 12th Chief Justice of New Zealand
1953 – Deborah Raffin, American actress (died 2012)
1954 – Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos, Guyanese-English politician and diplomat
1954 – Robin Duke, Canadian actress and screenwriter
1955 – Glenne Headly, American actress (died 2017)
1955 – Olga Rukavishnikova, Russian pentathlete
1956 – Dana Delany, American actress and producer
1971 – Annabeth Gish, American actress
1971 – Adina Porter, American actress
1982 – Izi Castro Marques, Brazilian basketball player
1982 – Nicole Ohlde, American basketball player
1983 – Kaitlin Sandeno, American swimmer
1984 – Geeta Basra, Indian actress
1989 – Peaches Geldof, English columnist, television personality, and model (died 2014)
1992 – Lucy Fry, Australian actress
1995 – Mikaela Shiffrin, American skier
1995 – Jang Su-jeong, South Korean tennis player
1997 – Pyper America, American model, actress, and musician
2004 – Coco Gauff, American tennis player
