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KALW Almanac: Monday Sep. 19, 2016

international talk like a pirate day by flickr user Matthew Bellemare (CC BY-SA 2.0) cropped from the original

Monday September 19, 2016 is the 263rd day of the year
 
There are 103 days remaining until the end of the year. 
 
50 days until election day
 
35 days left to register to vote in California
 
The Moon is 89.4% illuminated, a Waning Gibbous
 
The sun will rise in San Francisco at 6:56 am 
 
and sunset will be at 7:10 pm. 
 
We will have 12 hours and 14 minutes of daylight. 

The solar transit will be at 1:03 pm.

The first high tide will be at 2:01 am 

and the next high tide at 2:08 pm. 

The first low tide will be at 7:36 am 

and the next low tide at 8:16 pm.

Last Quarter Moon will fall in 4 days on Friday the 23th of September of 2016 at 2:56 am

The next New Moon will be in 11 days on Friday 30th of September of 2016 at 5:12 pm

The First Quarter Moon of October will happen in 19 days on Saturday the 8th of October of 2016 at 9:33 pm

and the next Full Moon will appear in 26 days on Saturday the 5th of October of 2016 at 9:23 pm

Today is...

International Talk Like a Pirate Day

National Butterscotch Pudding Day

National Woman Road Warrior Day

It's also...

Armed Forces Day in Chile

Day of the First Public Appearance of the Slovak National Council

Second day of Fiestas Patrias in Chile

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Saint Kitts and Nevis from the United Kingdom in 1983.

If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday to you!  You share it with...

1909 – Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, Austrian engineer and businessman (d. 1998)

1921 – Paulo Freire, Brazilian philosopher, theorist, and academic (d. 1997)

1928 – Adam West, American actor

1930 – Muhal Richard Abrams, American pianist, composer, and educator

1932 – Mike Royko, American journalist and author (d. 1997)

1934 – Brian Epstein, English talent manager (d. 1967)

1940 – Sylvia Tyson, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1941 – Cass Elliot, American singer (d. 1974)

1945 – David Bromberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1948 – Jeremy Irons, English actor

1949 – Twiggy, English model, actress, and singer

1951 – Daniel Lanois, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1952 – Henry Kaiser, American guitarist and composer

1964 – Trisha Yearwood, American singer-songwriter and actress

1974 – Jimmy Fallon, American comedian and talk show host

On this day in history...

1796 – George Washington's Farewell Address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.

1893 – Women's suffrage: In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.

1952 – The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.

1959 – Nikita Khrushchev is barred from visiting Disneyland due to security concerns.

1970 – The Mary Tyler Moore Show, an American sitcom, premiered on CBS

1981 – Simon & Garfunkel reunite for a free concert in New York's Central Park.

1985 – Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in 
rock music.

1995 – The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber's manifesto.

2010 – The leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed.

2011 – Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surpasses Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all time saves leader with 602.