Today Thursday, 28th of July of 2016, is the 210th day of the year.
There are 156 days remaining until the end of the year.
the sun will rise in San Francisco at 6:11 am
and sunset will be at 8:21 pm.
Today we will have 14 hours and 10 minutes of sun.
and the next low tide will be at 12:59 pm.
The first high tide will be at 8:13 am
and the next high tide at 7:39 pm.
The Moon is 32.8% illuminated, a Waning Crescent moon
We'll have a New Moon in five days on Tuesday August 2
The first Quarter Moon will be Wednesday August 10
We'll have a Full Moon Thursday August 18
Today is Buffalo Soldiers Day
National Chili Dog Day
National Hamburger Day
National Milk Chocolate Day
It's also…
the Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval in Canada, described here in The Band song, Acadian Driftwood...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te7KW4K-00E
Fiestas Patrias, celebrates the independence of Peru from Spain by General José de San Martín in 1821.
Liberation Day in San Marino
Ólavsøka Eve in the Faroe Islands
World Hepatitis Day
World Nature Conservation Day
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! And Happy Birthday to...
1866 – Beatrix Potter, English children's book writer and illustrator (d. 1943)
1887 – Marcel Duchamp, French-American painter and sculptor (d. 1968)
1901 – Rudy Vallée, American singer, actor, and saxophonist (d. 1986)
1901 - Harry Bridges, Australian-born American labor leader
1907 – Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded Tupperware Brands (d. 1983)
1929 – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American journalist, 37th First Lady of the United States (d. 1994)
1940 – Philip Proctor, American voice actor and screenwriter, known for his work with The Firesign Theater as well as the TV Cartoon series, Rugrats.
1943 – Mike Bloomfield, American guitarist and songwriter, known for his work with the band The Electric Flag, as well as The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (d. 1981)
1945 – Jim Davis, American cartoonist, creator of the comic strip grumpy cat, Garfield.
1947 – Sally Struthers, American actress
1949 – Vida Blue, American baseball player and sportscaster
1954 – Hugo Chávez, Venezuelan colonel and politician, President of Venezuela (d. 2013)
1990 – Soulja Boy, American rapper, producer, and actor
On this day in history….
1868The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing due process and the equal protection of the laws to former slaves, was declared in effect.
1896The city of Miami, Fla., was incorporated.
1996The remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington. Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man.
1998Bell Atlantic and GTE announced a $52 billion merger that created Verizon.
2002 Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, are rescued after 77 hours underground.
2005The Irish Republican Army renounced the use of violence against British rule in Northern Ireland and said it would disarm ending a thirty-year-long armed campaign.
2009The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court.