Today, Monday, 24th of October of 2016, is the 298th day of the year.
There are 68 days remaining until the end of the year.
15 days until Election Day!
Today is the last day you can register to vote in California!
The sun will rise in San Francisco at 7:29 am
and sunset will be at 6:19 pm.
Tomorrow we will have 10 hours and 50 minutes of daylight.
The solar transit will be at 12:54 pm.
The first low tide will be at 1:16 am
and the next low tide at 2:03 pm.
The first high tide will be at 8:29 am
and the next high tide at 7:52 pm.
The Moon is currently 32.5% illuminated
a Waning Crescent moon
Moonrise Today: 1:45 AM↑ 74° East
Moonset Today: 3:26 PM↑ 284° West
We will have a New Moon in 7 days on Sunday, the 30th of October of 2016 at 10:38 am
The First Quarter Moon of the month will fall in 15 days on a Monday, the 7th of November of 2016 at 12:51 pm
We'll have a Full Moon in 22 days on Monday the 14th of November of 2016 at 6:52 am
And the Last Quarter Moon will come also on a Monday, in 28 days, on the 21th of November of 2016 at 1:33 am
Today is 40-Hour Work Week Day
The anniversary of Black Thursday
Food Day
National Bologna Day
National Crazy Day
National Good and Plenty Day
Take Back Your Time Day
It's also…
The Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret, the eighth day of assembly and final day of Sukkot
Azad Kashmir Day in Pakistan
Independence Day in Zambia, celebrating the independence of Zambia from United Kingdom in 1964.
Suez Day in Egypt
United Nations Day, the anniversary of the 1945 Charter of the United Nations
World Development Information Day
World Polio Day
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share your special day with...
1891 – Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic (d. 1961)
1911 – Sonny Terry, American singer and harmonica player (d. 1986)
1915 – Bob Kane, American author and illustrator, creator of Batman and Robin. (d. 1998)
1923 – Denise Levertov, British-born American poet (d. 1997)
1925 – Luciano Berio, Italian composer and educator (d. 2003)
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)
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
1943 – Corky Siegel, American singer-songwriter and pianist (Siegel–Schwall Band)
1947 – Kevin Kline, American actor and singer
1948 – Kweisi Mfume, American lawyer and politician
1959 – Dave Meltzer, American journalist and historian
1960 – B. D. Wong, American actor
On this day in history...
1861The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed, spelling the end for the 18-month-old Pony Express. The first transcontinental telegraph message was sent from California to President Abraham Lincoln.
1901Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
1911Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a Wright Glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
1917Bolshevik Red Guards began takeover of buildings in Russia, among the first events associated with the October Revolution.
1926Harry Houdini's last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit.
1929"Black Thursday" stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange.
1940The 40-hour work week went into effect in the United States.
1945The United Nations charter took effect.
1946A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
1947Famed animator Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.
1952Republican presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower declared, "I shall go to Korea" as he promised to end the conflict.
1954Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam.
On Oct. 24, 1962, the U.S. blockade of Cuba during the missile crisis began under a proclamation signed by President John F. Kennedy.
1975In Iceland, 90% of women take part in a national strike, refusing to work in protest of gaps in gender equality.
1977Veterans Day is observed on the fourth Monday in October for the seventh and last time. (The holiday is once again observed on November 11 beginning the following
year.)
1980The government of Poland legalizes the Solidarity trade union.
1992The Toronto Blue Jays became the first team outside the United States to win a World Series as they defeated the Atlanta Braves 4-3 in Game 6.
2003The era of supersonic jet travel came to an end as three British Airways Concordes landed at London's Heathrow Airport.
2005Civil rights activist Rosa Parks died at age 92.
2007Facebook Inc. sold a 1.6 percent stake to Microsoft Corp. for $240 million, spurning a competing offer from Google Inc.
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.