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KALW Almanac - Friday July 29, 2016

Today Friday, 29th of July of 2016 is the 211th day of the year. 

There are 155 days remaining until the end of 2016. 

The sun rose in San Francisco at 6:12 am 

and sunset will be at 8:20 pm.

Today we will have 14 hours and 8 minutes of sun. 

The solar transit will be at 1:16 pm.

The first low tide was at 2:34 am 

and the next low tide will be at 2:05 pm. 

The first high tide will be at 9:31 am 

and the next high tide at 8:35 pm.

We'll have a New Moon on Tuesday the 2nd of August of 2016 

the First Quarter Moon in August will be on Wednesday the 10th of August of 2016

Our next Full Moon will be Thursday the 18th of August of 2016

and the Last Quarter Moon of the month will be Wednesday24th of August of 2016

Today is International Tiger Day

National Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day

Today is Chicken Wings Day...

 

National Chicken Wings Day

It's also Lasagne Day!

 

National Lasagna Day

National Lipstick Day

National Talk in an Elevator Day

Rain Day

System Administrator Appreciation Day!

National Anthem Day in Romania

National Thai Language Day in Thailand

Ólavsøka, opening of the Løgting session on the Faroe Islands

Olsok on the Faroe Islands and in Norway

if today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You!  You share your special day with...

 

1859Alexis TocquevilleFrench political scientist, historian, philosopher, and politician

1876 – Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and acting teacher (d. 1949)

 

1878 – Don Marquis, American journalist, author, poet, and playwright (d. 1937)

1883Benito MussoliniItalian prime minister and Hitler's ally during W.W. II 

 

1905Dag Hammarskjold, Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1961)

 

1905Clara Bow, American film actress known as the "it girl"

1907 – Melvin Belli, American lawyer and actor (d. 1996)

 

1914 – Irwin Corey, American actor and activist

1925 – Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer

1936 – Elizabeth Dole, American lawyer and politician, 20th United States Secretary of Labor

1938 – Peter Jennings, Canadian-American journalist and author (d. 2005)

1953 – Ken Burns, American director and producer

1953 – Patti Scialfa, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (E Street Band)

1977 – Danger Mouse, American keyboard player, drummer, and producer, known for his work with the bands Gnarls Barkley, Broken Bells, and Danger Doom

on this day in history...

1836 – Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.

1848 – Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt: In Tipperary, Ireland, then in the United Kingdom, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police.

1907 – Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9, 1907, and 
is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.

1945 – The BBC Light Programme radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music.

1948 – Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad: After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer 
Olympics in Berlin, open in London.

1950 – Korean War: After four days, the No Gun Ri Massacre ends when the US Army 7th Cavalry Regiment is withdrawn.

1957 – The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.

1958 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

1959 – First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.

1976 – In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.

1981 – A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.

1987 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel).

1996 – The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad.

2005 – Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.