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Almanac - Friday, 7/7/17

It’s painter Marc Chagall’s birthday (1887-1985).  Today is Friday, July 7, 2017 the 188th day of the year with 177 days remaining.

 

  • Sunrise: 5:55am  
  • Sunset: 8:35pm

...giving us 14 hours and 39 minutes of daylight.  94% of the waxing moon will be visible, rising at 7:27pm 

Tides at the Golden Gate

  • High:  12:40am/11:09pm
  • Low: 5:28am/5:06pm

Special international celebrations today…

  • The King's Birthday - Nepal
  • Independence Day - Solomon Islands
  • Saba Saba - Tanzania
  • Running of the Bulls - Spain
  • Unity/Victory Day - Yemen

It’s also…

  • Father-Daughter Take A Walk Together Day
  • Global     Forgiveness Day
  • Taos Pueblo Pow Wow
  • Tell The Truth Day
  • National Strawberry Sundae Day
  • Chocolate Day

On this day in…

1754 - Kings College opened in New York City. It was renamed Columbia College 30 years later.

1846 -US annexation ofCalifornia was proclaimed at Monterey after the surrender of a Mexican garrison.

1862 - The first railroad post office was tested on the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad in Missouri.

1885 - G. Moore Peters patented the cartridge-loading machine.

1917 - AleksandrKerensky formed a provisional government in Russia.

1920 - A device known as the radio compass was used for the first time on a US Navy airplane near Norfolk, VA.

1930 - Construction began on Boulder Dam, later Hoover Dam, on the Colorado River.

1937 - Japanese forces invaded China.

1946 - Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini was canonized as the first American saint.

1949 - "Dragnet" was first heard on NBC radio.

1950 - The U.N. Security Council authorized military aid for South Korea.

1969 - Canada's House of Commons gave final approval to a measure that made the French language equal to English throughout the national government.

1981 -U.S. President Reagan announced he was nominatingArizona Judge Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice on theU.S. Supreme Court.

1983 - Eleven-year-old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, left for a visit to the Soviet Union at the personal invitation of Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov.

1987 - Public testimony at the Iran-Contra hearing began.

1994 -Amazon.com, Inc. was founded in Seattle, Washington under the name "Cadabra."

Today’s birthday celebrants include (or included)...

  • Gustav Mahler 1860 - Composer
  • Marc Chagall 1887
  • Hanns Eisler 1898
  • George Cukor 1899
  • Satchel Paige 1906
  • Gian Carlo Menotti 1911
  • Pinetop Perkins 1913 - Musician
  • Ruth Ford 1915
  • William Kunstler 1919
  • Ezzard Charles 1921
  • Pierre Cardin 1922
  • Mary Ford 1924
  • Charlie Louvin 1927
  • Doc Severinsen 1927 - Bandleader
  • Vincent Edwards 1928
  • David McCullough 1933 - Author
  • Ringo Starr 1940 - Musician
  • Warren Entner 1944 - Musician (The Grass Roots)
  • Joe Spano 1946 - Actor
  • Linda Williams 1947 - Country singer
  • Shelley Duvall 1949 - Actress ("The Shining")
  • David Hodo 1950 - Musician (The Village People)
  • Cherry Boone 1954
  • Jessica Hahn 1959
  • Billy Campbell 1959 - Actor
  • Mark White 1962 - Musician (Spin Doctors)
  • Vonda Shepard 1963 - Singer, songwriter ("Ally McBeal")
  • Ricky Kinchen 1966 - Musician (Mint Condition)
  • Jim Gaffigan 1966 - Actor, comedian
  • Jorja Fox 1968 - Actress ("C.S.I.")
  • Cree Summer 1970
  • Kirsten Vangsness 1972 - Actress ("Criminal Minds")
  • Michelle Kwan 1980 - Figure skater

David Latulippe is host of On the Arts, KALW's weekly radio magazine of the performing arts, as well as for Explorations in Music, and the Berkeley Symphony broadcasts. He has also hosted and produced the radio series From the Conservatory, Music from Mills, and Music at Menlo, and is principal guest host for Revolutions Per Minute.