Today Thursday, 20th of October of 2016 is the 294th day of the year.
There are 72 days remaining until the end of the year.
19 days left until Election Day!
5 days left to Register to vote!
The sun will rise in San Francisco at 7:25 am
and sunset will be at 6:24 pm.
Today we will have 10 hours and 59 minutes of daylight.
The solar transit will be at 12:54 pm.
The first high tide will be at 4:09 am
and the next high tide at 3:13 pm.
The first low tide will be at 9:03 am
and the next low tide at 9:55 pm.
The Moon is 74.6% illuminated.
A Waning Gibbous Moon
Moonrise Today: 10:45 PM↑ 66° East
Moonset Today: 12:20 PM↑ 294° Northwest
We'll have our Last Quarter Moon in 2 days on Saturday the 22th of October of 2016 at 12:14 pm
Today is Birth of the Bab
Conflict Resolution Day
Get to Know Your Customer Day
Information Overload Day
International Credit Union Day
Miss American Rose Day
National Brandied Fruit Day
National Call-in Day For Health Reform
National Get Smart About Credit Day
National Suspenders Day
Today is also...
Spirit Day
The International Day of the Air Traffic Controller
World Osteoporosis Day
Heroes' Day in Kenya
Revolution Day in Guatemala
Vietnamese Women's Day
World Statistics Day
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share your special day with…
1632Christopher Wren, English physicist, mathematician, and architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral (d. 1723)
1854Arthur Rimbaud, French soldier and poet (d. 1891)
1859John Dewey, American psychologist and philosopher (d. 1952)
1874Charles Ives, American composer (d. 1954)
1882Margaret Dumont, American actress (d. 1965)
1882Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor (d. 1956)
1885Jelly Roll Morton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (Red Hot Peppers and New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (d. 1941)
1900Wayne Morse, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 1974)
1913Grandpa Jones, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (d. 1998)
1925Art Buchwald, American soldier and journalist (d. 2007)
1927Joyce Brothers, American psychologist, author, and actress (d. 2013)
1931Mickey Mantle, American baseball player, sportscaster and Baseball Hall of Famer was born in Spavinaw, Okla. (d. 1995)
1934Eddie Harris, American saxophonist (d. 1996)
1936Bobby Seale, American activist, co-founded the Black Panther Party
1940Robert Pinsky, American poet and critic
1950Tom Petty, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1958 Viggo Mortensen, American actor and producer
1970Michelle Malkin, American blogger and author
1971Snoop Dogg, American rapper, producer, and actor
On this day in History…
1803The U.S. Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase.
1935The Long March, a mammoth retreat undertaken by the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party a year prior, ends.
1944Gen. Douglas MacArthur stepped ashore at Leyte in the Philippines, 2 1/2 years after he'd said, "I shall return."
1947The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of Hollywood, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
1968Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.
1973"Saturday Night Massacre": United States President Richard Nixon fires U.S. Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus after they refuse to fire Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox, who is finally fired by Robert Bork.
1973The Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction work.
1977Three members of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd were killed in the crash of a chartered plane near McComb, Miss.
1992The host Toronto Blue Jays beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2 in the first World Series game played outside the United States.
2011Moammar Gadhafi, Libya's dictator for 42 years, was killed as revolutionary fighters overwhelmed his hometown of Sirte and captured the last major bastion of resistance two months after his regime fell. Gadhafi was 69.