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KALW Almanac - Tuesday July 26, 2016

Today Tuesday, 26th of July of 2016 is the 208th day of the year. 

There are 158 days remaining until the end of the year. 

The sun rose in San Francisco at 6:10 am 

and sunset will be at 8:23 pm.

Today we will have 14 hours and 13 minutes of sun. 

The solar transit will be at 1:16 pm.

The first high tide will be at 5:16 am 

and the next high tide at 5:50 pm. 

The only low tide of the day will be at 10:54 am.

Moon: 55.3%Waning Gibbous

Moonrise Today: 12:10 AM↑ 82° East

Moonset Today: 1:24 PM↑ 281° West

(Next Phase)Third Quarter: Jul 26, 2016 at 3:59 PM

August 1st should bring us a New Moon

Today is…

 

National Bagelfest Day

National Coffee Milkshake Day

National Aunt and Uncles Day

National All Or Nothing Day

One Voice Day

It's also…Day of National Significance in Barbados

Day of the National Rebellion in Cuba

 

Independence Day in Liberia, celebrates the independence of Liberia from the American Colonization
Society in 1847.

 

Independence Day in The Maldives, celebrates the independence of Maldives from the United Kingdom in 1965.

Kargil Victory Day or Kargil Vijay Diwas in India

On this day in history...

1788New York became the 11th state to ratify the Constitution.

 

1856Playwright George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin, Ireland.

1947President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act, creating the Department of Defense, the National Security Council, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

1948President Harry S. Truman signed executive orders prohibiting discrimination in the U.S. armed forces and federal employment.

 

1990President George H.W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act.
On this day in history…

1745 – The first recorded women's cricket match takes place near Guildford, England..

1775 – The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress.

1788 – New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.

1803 – The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London, United Kingdom.

1882 – Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.

1936 – The Axis powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War.

1945 – The Potsdam Declaration is signed in Potsdam, Germany.

 

1953 – Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement

1974 – Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule.

If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday to you!  You get to share birthday cake with…

1796 – George Catlin, American painter, author, and traveler (d. 1872)

1856 – George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950)

1874 – Serge Koussevitzky, Russian-American bassist, composer, and conductor (d. 1951)

 

1875 – Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (d. 1961)

1875 – Antonio Machado, Spanish poet and academic (d. 1939)

1893 – George Grosz, German painter and illustrator (d. 1959)

1894 – Aldous Huxley, English novelist and philosopher (d. 1963)

1895 – Gracie Allen, American actress and singer (d. 1964)

1903 – Estes Kefauver, American lawyer and politician (d. 1963)

 

1909 – Vivian Vance, American actress and singer (d. 1979)

1914 – Erskine Hawkins, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1993)

 

1921 – Jean Shepherd, American radio host, actor, and screenwriter (d. 1999)

1922 – Jason Robards, American actor (d. 2000)

1923 – Jan Berenstain, American author and illustrator (d. 2012)

1928 – Stanley Kubrick, American director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer (d. 1999)

1933 – Yomo Toro, Puerto Rican guitarist and composer (d. 2012)

 
 

1943 – Mick Jagger, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Rolling Stones and SuperHeavy)

1945 – Helen Mirren, English actress and producer

1956 – Dorothy Hamill, American figure skater

1959 – Kevin Spacey, American actor and director

1964 – Sandra Bullock, American actress and producer

1974 – Iron & Wine, American singer-songwriter