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KALW Almanac ~ Thursday June 15, 2017

Kite, taken by flickr user Veronica Foale

 
Today Thursday, 15th of June of 2017 is the 166th day of the year.
 
There are 199 days remaining until the end of the year. 
 
509 days until Congressional Elections on Tuesday November 6, 2018
(that's 1 year 4 months and 22 days from today)
 
1237 days until Presidential Elections on Tuesday November 3, 2020
(that'll be 3 years 4 months and 19 days from today)
 
The sun rose this morning at 5:47 am 

and the sun will set at 8:34 pm. 

Today we will have 14 hours and 47 minutes of daylight. 

Solar noon will be at 1:11 pm.

The first high tide was at 3:27 am 

and the next high tide will be at 5:36 pm. 

The first low tide will be at 10:08 am 

and the next low tide at 10:59 pm.

The Moon is 70.0% illuminated; a Waning Gibbous

Moon Direction: ↑ 173.80° S

Moon Altitude: 39.83°

Moon Distance: 243288 mi

Next New Moon: June 23, 2017 at 7:30 pm

Next Full Moon: July 8, 2017 at 9:06 pm

Next Moonset: Today at 11:24 am

Today is….

Corpus Christi, 
Observed 60 days after Easter

Fly a Kite Day

Global Wind Day

Justice for Janitors Day

Magna Carta Day

National Dump the Pump Day

National Electricity Day

National Lobster Day

National Smile Power Day,
Also known as Power of a Smile Day

Native American Citizenship Day

Nature Photography Day

Recess at Work Day

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

Worldwide Day of Giving

It's also...

Arbor Day in Costa Rica

Engineer's Day in Italy

Global Wind Day 

National Beer Day in the United Kingdom

National Salvation Day in Azerbaijan

If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You!  You get to share birthday cake with...

1843 – Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 1907)

1914 – Yuri Andropov, Russian politician (d. 1984)

1914 – Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American cartoonist (d. 1999)

1921 – Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (d. 1977)

1922 – Jaki Byard, American pianist and composer (d. 1999)

1932 – Mario Cuomo, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New York (d. 2015)

1937 – Waylon Jennings, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)

1939 – Ward Connerly, American activist and businessman, founded the American Civil Rights Institute

1941 – Harry Nilsson, American singer-songwriter (d. 1994)

1949 – Dusty Baker, American baseball player and manager

1953 – Xi Jinping, Chinese engineer and politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party and President of China

1954 – Jim Belushi, American actor

1954 – Paul Ru-sesa-bagina, Rwandan humanitarian

1963 – Helen Hunt, American actress, director, and producer

1969 – Ice Cube, American rapper, producer, and actor

On this day in history…

1215 – King John of England puts his seal to the Magna Carta.

1752 – Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity (traditional date, the exact date is unknown).

1775 – George Washington was appointed head of the Continental Army.

1836 – Arkansas became the 25th state.

1844 – Charles Goodyear received a patent for a process to strengthen rubber.

1864 – Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton signed an order establishing a military burial ground, which became Arlington National Cemetery.

1878 – Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.

1902 – The 20th Century Limited, an express passenger train between New York and Chicago, began service.

1916 – United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.

1921 – Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.

1923 – Baseball Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig made his major league debut with the New York Yankees.

1944 – In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.

1970 – Charles Manson goes on trial for the Sharon Tate murders.

1972 – Red Army Faction co-founder Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.

1978 – King Hussein of Jordan marries American Lisa Halaby, who takes the name Queen Noor.

1991 – Mount Pinatubo in the northern Philippines exploded in one of the biggest volcanic eruptions of the 20th century, killing about 800 people.

1992 – Vice President Dan Quayle erroneously instructed a Trenton, N.J., elementary school student to spell potato as "potatoe" during a spelling bee.

1994 – Israel and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations.

2006 – A divided Supreme Court made it easier for police to barge into homes and seize evidence without knocking or waiting.

2006 – Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said he would transition from day-to-day responsibilities at the company to concentrate on the charitable work of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.