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Almanac - Monday 10/30/17

candy corn by flickr user MzScarlett / A.K.A. Michelle

Today Monday, 30th of October of 2017 is the 303rd day of the year...

There are 62 days remaining until the end of the year.

372 days until mid-term congressional elections on Tuesday November 6, 2018

1 year and 7 days from today

1100 days until presidential elections Tuesday November 3, 2020

years and 4 days from today

The sun rises at 7:34 am 

and the sun will set at 6:12 pm.

Today we will have 10 hours and 38 minutes of daylight.

Solar noon will be at 12:53 pm.

The first low tide was at 2:02 am

and the next low tide will be at 2:56 pm.

The first high tide will be at 9:05 am 

and the next high tide at 8:43 pm.

Moon: 74.6%

Waxing Gibbous

Moon Direction:↑ 281.76°  WNW

Moon Altitude:-31.99°

Moon Distance:241113 mi

Next Full Moon: Friday November 3, 2017 at 10:22 pm

Next New Moon: Saturday November 18, 2017 at 3:42 am

Next Moonrise: Today at 3:57 pm

Today is…

Buy a Doughnut Day

Checklist Day

Create a Great Funeral Day

Haunted Refrigerator Night

Mischief Night

Beggars Night in certain regions of the United States

Devil's Night in Michigan

National Candy Corn Day

National Publicist Day

National Speak Up For Service Day

Pumpkin Bread Day

Sugar Addiction Awareness Day

It’s also…

Anniversary of the Declaration of the Slovak Nation

Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions

(Observed in most former Soviet republics, except Ukraine)

Indonesian Banknote Day

International Orthopaedic Nurses Day

Thevar Jayanthi (Thevar communityIndia)

If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You!  You share this day with…

1735 – John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (d. 1826)

1885 – Ezra Pound, American poet and critic (d. 1972)

1893 – Charles Atlas, Italian-American bodybuilder (d. 1972)\

1908 – Patsy Montana, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1996)

1930 – Clifford Brown, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1956)

1939 – Eddie Holland, American singer-songwriter and producer

1939 – Grace Slick, American singer-songwriter and model

1945 – Henry Winkler, American actor, comedian, director, and producer

1951 – Trilok Gurtu, Indian drummer and songwriter

1951 – Poncho Sanchez, American singer and conga player

1961 – Larry Wilmore, American comedian and television host

1981 – Ivanka Trump, American model and businesswoman

And on this day in history…

1938 – Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.

1945 – Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers to break the baseball color line.

1973 – The Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.

1974 – The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman takes place in KinshasaZaire.

1975 – Prince Juan Carlos becomes Spain's acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco.

1983 – The first democratic elections in Argentina after seven years of military rule are held.