Today Thursday, the 26th of October of 2017 is the 299th day of the year...
There are 66 days remaining until the end of the year.
376 days until mid-term congressional elections on Tuesday November 6, 2018
a Tuesday 1 year and 11 days from today
1104 days until presidential elections on Tuesday November 3, 2020
a Tuesday 3 years and 8 days from today
The sun will rise at 7:30 am
and the sun will set at 6:16 pm.
Today we will have 10 hours and 46 minutes of daylight.
Solar noon will be at 12:53 pm.
The first high was at 5:56 am
and the next high tide at 4:12 pm.
The first low tide will be at 10:50 am
and the next low tide at 11:12 pm.
Moon: 36.9%
Waxing Crescent
Moon Direction: ↑ 325.21° NW
Moon Altitude :-68.93
Moon Distance: 251010 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 1:23 pm
Today is…
Horseless Carriage Day
National Day of the Deployed
National Mincemeat Day
National Mule Day
National Pumpkin Day
Worldwide Howl at the Moon Night
It’s also….
Accession Day in Jammu and Kashmir
National Day, celebrates the anniversary of the Declaration of Neutrality in 1955. In Austria
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this day with…
1685 – Domenico Scarlatti, Italian harpsichord player and composer (d. 1757)
1854 – C. W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (d. 1914)
1865 – Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman (d. 1912)
1883 – Napoleon Hill, American philosopher and author (d. 1970)
1902 – Beryl Markham, Kenyan horse trainer and author (d.1986)
1911 – Mahalia Jackson, American singer (d. 1972)
1914 – Jackie Coogan, American actor and director (d. 1984)
1919 – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (d. 1980)
1922 – Madelyn Dunham, American grandmother of Barack Obama (d. 2008)
1940 – Eddie Henderson, American trumpet player and educator
1941 – Steven Kellogg, American author and illustrator
1942 – Bob Hoskins, English actor, singer, and director (d. 2014)
1942 – Milton Nascimento, Brazilian singer-songwriter anD guitarist
1945 – Pat Conroy, American author (d. 2016)
1945 – Jaclyn Smith, American actress and producer
1946 – Pat Sajak, American journalist, actor, and game show host
1947 – Hillary Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 67th United States Secretary of State and 44th First Lady of the United States
1951 – Bootsy Collins, American singer-songwriter and bass player
1953 – Keith Strickland, American guitarist and songwriter
1959 – Evo Morales, Bolivian soldier and politician, 80th President of Bolivia
1961 – Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenyan President
1963 – Natalie Merchant, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1973 – Seth MacFarlane, American voice actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter
1977 – Jon Heder, American actor and producer
On this day in history…
1775 – King George III of Great Britain goes before Parliament to declare the American colonies in rebellion, and authorizes a military response to quell the American Revolution.
1825 – The Erie Canal opens: Passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie.
1861 – The Pony Express officially ceases operations.
1863 – The Football Association, the oldest football association in the world, is formed in London.
1881 – The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona.
1936 – The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
1958 – Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris, France.
1967 – Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran and then crowns his wife Farah Empress of Iran.
1970 – Muhammad Ali faces off against Jerry Quarry in Atlanta, Georgia for the first time after Ali's three-year hiatus from evading to be drafted in the Vietnam War.
1994 – Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty.
2001 – The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law
2002 – Moscow theater hostage crisis: Approximately 50 Chechen terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the terrorists during a musical performance three days before.
2004 – The computer game Grand Theft Auto San Andreas makes its debut.