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Almanac - Tuesday 4/24

pig(let) in a blanket Gloucester old spot! by flickr user wombatarama

Today Tuesday, 24th of April of 2018 is the 114th day of the year

There are 251 days remaining until the end of the year.

58 days until summer begins...

196 days until mid-term elections on Tuesday November 6, 2018

(6 months and 13 days from today)

924 days until presidential election s Tuesday November 3, 2020

(2 years 6 months and 10 days from today)

The sun will rise at 6:21 am 

and sunset will be at 7:55 pm.

Today we will have 13 hours and 34 minutes of sun.

Solar noon will be at 1:08 pm.

The first low tide was at 1:39 am

The first high tide will be at 7:21 am 

The next low tide will be at 1:56 pm.

and the final high tide at the Golden Gate will roll in at 9:09 pm tonight.

The Moon is 67.9% visible; a Waxing Gibbous moon

Moon Direction: ↑ 304.55° NW

Moon Altitude: -18.15°

Moon Distance: 231833 mi

Next Full Moon: Apr 29, 2018 5:58 pm

Next New Moon: May 15, 2018 4:47 am

Next Moonrise: Today 2:30 pm

Last Quarter Moon

7th of May of 2018 at 7:09 pm

in 14 days

First Quarter Moon

21th of May of 2018 at 8:49 pm

in 27 days

Today is…

National Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day

New Kids on the Block Day

School Bus Drivers' Day

World Meningitis Day

It’s also…

Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day (Armenia)

Children's Day (Zambia)

Concord Day (Niger)

Democracy Day (Nepal)

Fashion Revolution Day

Labour Safety Day (Bangladesh)

Kapyong Day (AustraliaCanada)

National Panchayati Raj Day (India)

Republic Day (The Gambia)

World Day for Laboratory Animals

If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday to you!  You get to share birthday cake with…

1533 – William I of Orange, founding father of the Netherlands (d. 1584)

1815 – Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer (d. 1882)

1880 – Gideon Sundback, Swedish-American engineer and businessman, developed the zipper (d. 1954)

1904 – Willem de Kooning, Dutch-American painter and educator (d. 1997)

1905 – Robert Penn Warren, American novelist, poet, and literary critic (d. 1989)

1906 – William Joyce, American-born Irish-British Nazi propaganda broadcaster (d. 1946)

1928 – Johnny Griffin, American saxophonist (d. 2008)

1934 – Shirley MacLaine, American actress, singer, and dancer

1936 – Jill Ireland, English actress (d. 1990)

1937 – Joe Henderson, African-American saxophonist and composer (d. 2001)

1940 – Sue Grafton, American author (d. 2017)

1941 – Richard Holbrooke, American journalist, banker, and diplomat, 22nd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2010)

1941 – John Williams, Australian-English guitarist and composer

1942 – Richard M. Daley, American lawyer and politician, 54th Mayor of Chicago

1942 – Barbra Streisand, American singer, actress, activist, and producer

1948 – Eliana Gil, Ecuadorian-American psychiatrist, therapist, and author

1953 – Eric Bogosian, American actor and writer

1954 – Mumia Abu-Jamal, American journalist, activist, and convicted murderer

1964 – Cedric the Entertainer, American comedian, actor, and producer

…and on this day in history…

1184 BC – Traditional date of the fall of Troy.

1800 – The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress".

1885 – American sharpshooter Annie Oakley is hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West.

1916 – Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearseand James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.

1955 – The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialismracism, and the Cold War.