Today, Tuesday, the 24th of October of 2017 is the 297th day of the year...
There are 68 days remaining until the end of the year
378 days until mid-term elections on Tuesday November 6, 2018
1 year and 13 days from today
1106 days until presidential elections on Tuesday November 03 2020
3 years and 10 days from today
The sun rises at 7:28 am
and the sun will set at 6:19 pm.
we will have 10 hours and 51 minutes of daylight.
Solar noon will be at 12:53 pm.
The first high tide was at 3:53 am
and the next high tide at 2:33 pm.
The first low tide will be at 8:38 am
and the next low tide at 9:21 pm.
The Moon is 19.8% illuminated; a Waxing Crescent
Moon Direction: ↑ 15.45° NNE
Moon Altitude:-70.99°
Moon Distance: 251623 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 11:48 am
Today is…
40-Hour Work Week Day
Black Thursday
Food Day
National Bologna Day
National Crazy Day
National Good and Plenty Day
Take Back Your Time Day
It’s also…
Day of Special Forces of the Armed Forces in Russia
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Zambia from United Kingdom in 1964.
United Nations Day, the anniversary of the 1945 Charter of the United Nations
World Development Information Day
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this day with…
1911 – Sonny Terry, American singer and harmonica player (d. 1986)
1915 – Bob Kane, American author and illustrator (d. 1998), the creator of Batman
1925 – Ieng Sary, Vietnamese-Cambodian politician co-founded the Khmer Rouge (d. 2013)
1929 – George Crumb, American composer and educator
1930 – The Big Bopper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959)
1932 – Adrian Mitchell, English journalist, author, poet, and playwright (d. 2008) ”stuff my nose with garlic and tell me lies about Viet Nam”
1936 – Bill Wyman, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (The Rolling Stones and Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings)
1939 – F. Murray Abraham, American actor
1947 – Kevin Kline, American actor and singer
1948 – Kweisi Mfume, American lawyer and politician
1954 – Malcolm Turnbull, Australian journalist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Australia
1960 – B. D. Wong, American Actor
1989 – PewDiePie, Swedish YouTuber
On this day in history…
1861 – The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.
1911 – Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a Wright Glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
1926 – Harry Houdini's last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit.
1929 – "Black Thursday" stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange.
1945 – Founding of the United Nations.
1947 – Famed animator Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.
1949 – The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid.
1954 – Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam.
1975 – In Iceland, 90% of women take part in a national strike, refusing to work in protest of gaps in gender equality.
1992 – The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series.
2003 – Concorde makes its last commercial flight.
2008 – "Bloody Friday" saw many of the world's stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices.