Today Thursday, 3rd of August of 2017 is the 215th day of the year....
There are 150 days remaining until the end of the year.
460 days until Mid-Term elections on Tuesday November 6, 2018 (Tuesday 1 year 3 months and 3 days from today)
1188 days until the next Presidential election on Tuesday November 3, 2020 (3 years 2 months and 31 days from today)
The sun will rise in San Francisco at 6:16 am
and sunset will be at 8:16 pm.
Today we will have 14 hours of daylight.
Solar noon will be at 1:16 pm.
The first low tide was at 3:44 am
and the next low tide will be at 3:21 pm.
The first high tide will be at 10:53 am
and the next high tide at 9:26 pm.
The Moon is 83.9% illuminated; a Waxing Gibbous moon
Moon Direction: ↑ 266.57° W
Moon Altitude: -27.87°
Moon Distance: 251477 mi
Next Full Moon: Monday August 7, 2017 at 11:10 am
Next New Moon: Monday August 21, 2017 at 11:30 am
(same day as the solar eclipse!)
Next Moonrise: Today at 5:21 pm
Today is...
Airplane Crop Duster Day
Esther Day
Grab Some Nuts Day
National IPA Day
National Watermelon Day
It's also…
Anniversary of the Killing of Pidjiguiti in Guinea-Bissau
Armed Forces Day in Equatorial Guinea
National Guard Day, as well as Flag Day in Venezuela
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Niger from France in 1960.
also, Arbor Day in Niger
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this day with…
1867 – Stanley Baldwin, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1947)
1887 – Rupert Brooke, English poet (d. 1915)
1900 – Ernie Pyle, American soldier and journalist (d. 1945)
1900 – John T. Scopes, American educator (d. 1970)
1904 – Dolores del Río, Mexican actress (d. 1983)
1904 – Clifford D. Simak, American journalist and author (d. 1988)
1905 – Maggie Kuhn, American activist; formed the Gray Panthers
1920 – P. D. James, English author (d. 2014)
1924 – Leon Uris, American soldier and author (d. 2003)
1926 – Tony Bennett, American singer and actor
1940 – Martin Sheen, American actor and producer
1941 – Martha Stewart, American businesswoman, publisher, and author, founded Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
1946 – Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
1951 – Jay North, American actor
1964 – Lucky Dube, South African singer and keyboard player (d. 2007)
On this day in history...
1778 – The opera house La Scala opened in Milan, Italy, with a performance of Antonio Salieri's "Europa riconosciuta."
1852 – Harvard University wins the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard. The race is also the first American intercollegiate athletic event
1859 – The American Dental Association is founded in Niagara Falls, New York.
1900 – The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
1936 – Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
1946 – Santa Claus Land, the world's first themed amusement park, opens in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
1948 – Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
1949 – The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger, that would create the National Basketball Association
1958 – The nuclear-powered submarine Nautilus became the first vessel to cross the North Pole underwater.
1960 – Niger gains independence from France.
1972 – The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
1977 – Tandy Corporation announces the TRS-80, one of the world's first mass-produced personal computers.
1981 – U.S. air traffic controllers went on strike, despite a warning from President Ronald Reagan that they would be fired.
1987 – The Iran-Contra congressional hearings ended with none of the 29 witnesses tying President Ronald Reagan directly to the diversion of arms-sales profits to Nicaraguan rebels.
2004 – The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.