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KALW Almanac: Monday Sep. 26, 2016

Pancakes (flickr user mroach) (CC BY-SA 2.0)

 
Today Monday, 26th of September of 2016 is the 270th day of the year. There are 96 days remaining until the end of the year. 43 Days until Election Day, Tuesday November 8; 28 Days left to register to vote in California, Monday October 24. The sun will rise in San Francisco at 7:02 am and the sun will set at 6:59 pm. Today we will have 11 hours and 57 minutes of daylight

The solar transit will be at 1:01 pm.

The first low tide was at 2:49 am 

and the next low tide will be at 3:08 pm. 

The first high tide will be at 9:51 am 

and the next high tide at 9:11 pm.

The Moon is 19.1%illuminated, a Waning Crescent

Moonrise Today: 2:51 AM↑ 71° East

Moonset Today: 4:47 PM↑ 287° West

The next phase will be a New Moon in 4 days on Saturday, the 30th of September of 2016 at 5:12 pm

First Quarter Moonin 13 days 8th of October of 2016 at 9:33 pm

Full Moonin 20 days 15th of October of 2016 at 9:23 pm

Last Quarter Moonin 26 days 22th of October of 2016 at 12:14 pm

Today is...

Family Day

Johnny Appleseed Day

Lumberjack Day

National Better Breakfast Day

National Pancake Day

Shamu the Whale Day 

It's also...

Day of the National Flag in Ecuador

Dominion Day in New Zealand

European Day of Languages celebrated in nations of the European Union

Revolution Day in Yemen

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

1774Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and environmentalist (d. 1845)

1849Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)

1867Winsor McCay, American illustrator and animator (d. 1934)

1888T. S. Eliot, English poet, playwright, critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)

1889Martin Heidegger, German philosopher and academic (d. 1976)

1897Pope Paul VI (d. 1978)

1898George Gershwin, American pianist and composer (d. 1937)

1914Jack LaLanne, American fitness expert (d. 2011)

1926Julie London, American singer and actress (d. 2000)

1937Jerry Weintraub, American film producer and agent (d. 2015)

1945Bryan Ferry, English singer-songwriter

1946Andrea Dworkin, American activist and author (d. 2005)

1946Christine Todd Whitman, American politician, 50th Governor of New Jersey

1948Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress

1953Dolores Keane, Irish singer and actress

1955Carlene Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1981Serena Williams, American tennis player

On this day in history...

1580Sir Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth.

1687The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed by an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Morosini who are besieging the Ottoman Turks 
stationed in Athens.

1789Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State, John Jay is appointed the first Chief Justice of the United States, Samuel Osgood is appointed 
the first United States Postmaster General, and Edmund Randolph is appointed the first United States Attorney General.

1914The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.

1933As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.

1957The musical "West Side Story" opened on Broadway.

1960The first televised debate between presidential candidates took place in Chicago as Republican Richard M. Nixon and Democrat John F. Kennedy squared off.

1969Abbey Road, the last recorded album by The Beatles, is released.

1973Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.

1981Baseball: Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.

1983Soviet nuclear false alarm incident: Military officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike.

1983Australia II wins the America's Cup, ending the New York Yacht Club's 132-year domination of the race.

1984The United Kingdom and China agree to a transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, to take place in 1997.

2005Army Pfc. Lynndie England was convicted by a military jury on six counts stemming from the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal.

2005International weapons inspectors announced the Irish Republican Army's full disarmament.

2008Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.