Today Monday, the 19th of March of 2018 is the 78th day of the year
There are 287 days remaining until the end of the year.
232 days until mid-term elections on Tuesday November 6, 2018
(7 months and 18 days from today)
960 days until presidential elections on Tuesday November 3, 2020
(2 years 7 months and 15 days from today)
The sun rises at 7:13 am
and the sun sets at 7:22 pm.
Today we will have 12 hours and 9 minutes of daylight.
Spring Equinox 2018 in Northern Hemisphere will be at 9:15 AM Pacific Time tomorrow morning, Tuesday March 20.
Solar noon will be at 1:17 pm.
The first high tide was at 1:30 am
and the next high tide will be at 1:48 pm.
The first low tide will be at 7:19 am
and the next low tide at 7:27 pm.
The Moon is currently 4.6% visible; now a Waxing Crescent moon
Moon Direction: ↑ 40.67° NE
Moon Altitude: -40.05°
Moon Distance: 237,188 mi
Next Full Moon: Saturday March 31, 2018 at 5:36 am
Next New Moon: Thursday April 15, 2018 at 6:57 pm
Next Moonrise: Today at 8:44 am
Certified Nurses Day
Client's Day
Let's Laugh Day
National Chocolate Caramel Day
National Poultry Day
National Wellderly Day
Today is also..
Minna Canth's Birthday (Finland)
Father's Day in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Honduras, and Bolivia
Las Fallas, celebrated on the week leading to March 19. in Valencia, Spain
"Return of the Swallow", annual observance of the swallows' return to Mission San Juan Capistrano in California.
On this day in Women’s History…
March 19, 1947 – Glenn Close is born. A multi-time Emmy, Tony and Oscars Award winner, she has also advocated for women's and LGBT rights.
March 19, 1875 (d. 1957) – Margaret Foley, labor organizer, suffragist, and social worker, she was an out-spoken suffrage activist who would loudly confront anti-suffrage speakers, made a solo balloon flight over Lawrence, Massachusetts, tossing suffrage literature from the basket (1910)
on this day in history…
1279 – A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen ends the Song dynasty in China.
1895 – Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.1918 – The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
1931 – Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
1962 – Highly influential artist Bob Dylan releases his first album, Bob Dylan, for Columbia Records.
1966 – Texas Western becomes the first college basketball team to win the Final four with an all-black starting lineup.
1979 – The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
1987 – Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns as head of the PTL Club due to a brewing sex scandal; he hands over control to Jerry Falwell.
2008 – GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed.
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this day with…
1206 – Güyük Khan, Mongol ruler, 3rd Great Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1248)
1742 – Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian rebel leader (d. 1781)
1844 – Minna Canth, Finnish journalist, playwright, and activist (d. 1897)
1848 – Wyatt Earp, American police officer (d. 1929)
1860 – William Jennings Bryan, American lawyer and politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (d. 1925)
1872 – Anna Held, Polish singer (d. 1918)
1873 – Max Reger, German pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1916)
1891 – Earl Warren, American lieutenant, jurist, and politician, 14th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1974)
1894 – Moms Mabley, American comedian and singer (d. 1975)
1900 – Carmen Carbonell, Spanish stage and film actress (d. 1988)
1901 – Jo Mielziner, French-American set designer (d. 1976)
1904 – John Sirica, American lawyer and judge (d. 1992)
1905 – Albert Speer, German architect and politician (d. 1981)
1906 – Adolf Eichmann, German SS officer (d. 1962)
1915 – Patricia Morison, American actress and singer
1916 – Irving Wallace, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
1919 – Lennie Tristano, American pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1978)
1922 – Hiroo Onoda, Japanese lieutenant (d. 2014)
1923 – Pamela Britton, American actress (d. 1974)
1925 – Brent Scowcroft, American general and diplomat, 9th United States National Security Advisor
1928 – Patrick McGoohan, Irish-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2009)
1931 – Emma Andijewska, Ukrainian poet, writer and painter
1932 – Gail Kobe, American actress and producer (d. 2013)
1933 – Phyllis Newman, American actress and singer
1933 – Philip Roth, American novelist
1933 – Renée Taylor, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1935 – Nancy Malone, American actress, director, and producer (d. 2014)
1935 – Burt Metcalfe, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1936 – Ursula Andress, Swiss model and actress
1942 – Heather Robertson, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2014)
1952 – Wolfgang Ambros, Austrian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952 – Harvey Weinstein, American director and producer
1955 – Bruce Willis, German-American actor and producer
1960 – Eliane Elias, Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist
1963 – Mary Scheer, American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
1967 – Katia Tiutiunnik, Australian viola player and composer
1976 – Rachel Blanchard, Canadian actress
1996 – Barbara Haas, Austrian tennis player