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Almanac - Monday 1/22/18

Today Monday, 22th of January of 2018 is the 22nd day of the year.

There are 343 days remaining until the end of the year 

57 days until spring begins...

288 days until mid-term elections Tuesday November 6, 2018

(9 months and 15 days from today)

1016 days until presidential election sTuesday November 3, 2020

(2 years 9 months and 12 days from today)

The sun rises at 7:20 am 

and the sun sets  at 5:24 pm.

Today we will have 10 hours and 4 minutes of daylight.

Solar noon will be at 12:22 pm.

The first high tide was at 3:13 am

and the next high tide will be at 2:31 pm.

The first low tide will be at 8:42 am 

and the next low tide at 8:45 pm.

The Moon is 25.8% visible; A Waxing Crescent

First Quarter Moon in 2 days on Wednesday  the 24th of January of 2018 at 2:20 pm

Full Moon AND a Total Lunar Eclipse in 9 days on Wednesday the 31th of January of 2018 at 5:27 am

Last Quarter Moon in 16 days on Wednesday  the 7th of February of 2018 at 7:54 am

New Moon and a Partial Solar Eclipse in 24 days Thursday the 15th of February of 2018 at 1:05 pm

Moon Direction:  9.85° N

Moon Altitude: -54.68°

Moon Distance: 242288 mi

Next Moonrise: Today at 10:36 am

Today is…

Answer Your Cat's Questions Day

Better Business Communication Day

Celebration of Life Day

Come in From the Cold Day

Community Manager Appreciation Day

Dance of the Seven Veils Day

International Sweatpants Day

National Blonde Brownie Day

National Hot Sauce Day

National Polka Dot Day

Roe vs. Wade Day

It’s also…

Day of Unity of Ukraine

Grandfather's Day in Poland

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

826 – Emperor Montoku of Japan (d. 858)

1552 – Walter Raleigh, English poet, soldier, courtier, and explorer (d. 1618)

1561 – Francis Bacon, English philosopher and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (d. 1626)

1573 – John Donne, English poet and cleric in the Church of England, wrote the Holy Sonnets. (d. 1631)

1645 – William Kidd, Scottish sailor and pirate hunter (d. 1701)

1788 – Lord Byron, English poet and playwright (d. 1824)

1875 – D. W. Griffith, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1948)

1891 – Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher and politician (d. 1937)

1893 – Conrad Veidt, German-American actor, director, and producer (d. 1943)

1898 – Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director and screenwriter (d. 1948)

1909 – U Thant, Burmese educator and diplomat, 3rd United Nations Secretary-General (d. 1974)

1911 – Bruno Kreisky, Austrian lawyer and politician, 22nd Chancellor of Austria (d. 1990)

1924 – J. J. Johnson, American trombonist and composer (d. 2001)

1931 – Sam Cooke, American singer-songwriter (d. 1964)

1934 – Bill Bixby, American actor and director (d. 1993)

1934 – Graham Kerr, English chef and author

1937 – Edén Pastora, Nicaraguan politician

1937 – Joseph Wambaugh, American police officer and author

1946 – Malcolm McLaren, English singer-songwriter and manager (d. 2010)

1953 – Jim Jarmusch, American director and screenwriter

1959 – Linda Blair, American actress

1990 – Logic, American rapper

…and on this day in history…

613 – Eight-month-old Constantine is crowned as co-emperor (Caesar) by his father Heraclius at Constantinople.

1889 – Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.

1890 – The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.

1946 – Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.

1947 – KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood

1957 – The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and charged with planting more than 30 bombs.

1970 – The Boeing 747, the world's first "jumbo jet", enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage from John F. Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport.1973 – The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states.

1984 – The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during a Super Bowl XVIII television commercial

2006 – Evo Morales is inaugurated as President of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president.