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KALW Almanac: Tuesday Aug. 16, 2016

Today Tuesday, 16th of August of 2016 is the 229th day of the year.  
 
There are 137 days remaining until the end of the year.  
 
The sun will rise at 6:28 am 
 
and sunset will be at 8:00 pm.
 
Today we will have 13 hours and 32 minutes of daylight. 

The solar transit will be at 1:14 pm.

The first low tide was at 4:50 am 

and the next low tide will be at 4:42 pm. 

The first high tide will be at 11:53 am 

and the next high tide at 10:52 pm.

The Moon is 95.7% illuminated, a Waxing Gibbous Moon

Moonrise Today: 6:54 PM↑ 110° East

Moonset Today: 4:39 AM↑ 249° West

We will have a Full Moon in 2 days on Thursday 18th of August of 2016 at 2:27 am

Today is National Airborne Day

National Bratwurst Day

National Roller Coaster Day

National Rum Day

National Tell a Joke Day

True Love Forever Day

Bennington Battle Day in Vermont

Children's Day in Paraguay

Gozan no Okuribi in Kyoto, Japan

Restoration Day in Dominican Republic

The first day of the Independence Days, celebrates the independence of Gabon from France in 1960.

Xicolatada in Palau-de-Cerdagne, France

If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You!  You have the same birthday as...

1888 – T. E. Lawrence, British colonel and archaeologist (d. 1935), you know, Lawrence of Arabia

1892 – Hal Foster, Canadian-American author and illustrator (d. 1982), he drew the Prince Valiant comic strip for many years

1894 – George Meany, American plumber and labor leader (d. 1980)

1911 – E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician (d. 1977)

1913 – Menachem Begin, Belarusian-Israeli politician, 6th Prime Minister of Israel from 1977 to 1983, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992) He and Egypt's Anwar Sadat made peace with each other, with the help of then-president Jimmy Carter.

1920 – Charles Bukowski, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (d. 1994)

1924 – Fess Parker, American actor and singer (d. 2010) He played Daniel Boone on TV in the '60s

1925 – Mal Waldron, American pianist and composer (d. 2002)

1928 – Eydie Gormé, American singer (d. 2013)

1929 – Bill Evans, American pianist and composer (d. 1980)

1933 – Julie Newmar, American actress, singer, and dancer

1947 – Carol Moseley Braun, American lawyer and politician, currently United States Ambassador to New Zealand

1958 – Madonna, American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and director

1958 – Angela Bassett, American actress

1962 – Steve Carell, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

On this day in history...

1841U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history.

1858 U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.

1916The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States signed.

1927The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.

1930The first color sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks.

1954The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published.

1960Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.

1960Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,300 m), setting three records that held until 2012: High-altitude jump, free fall, and 
highest speed by a human without an aircraft.

1962The famous lineup of The Beatles is formed when drummer Pete Best is discharged from the band, and Ringo Starr is brought on.

1977singer Elvis Presley died at Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tenn., at age 42.

1987Thousands of people worldwide began a two-day celebration of the "harmonic convergence," which believers called the start of a new, purer age of humankind.

2008Michael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly by a hundredth of a second for his seventh gold medal of the Beijing Olympics, tying Mark Spitz's 1972 record.

2008Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and actress Portia de Rossi were married at their Beverly Hills, Calif., home.

2008The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423 m), at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level.