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KALW Almanac ~ Tuesday June 13, 2017

Frister and Rossmann sewing machine, taken by flickr user Jph1066

Today Tuesday, 13th of June of 2017 is the 164th day of the year.  There are 201 days remaining until the end of 2017. 

511 days until Congressional Elections on Tuesday November 6, 2018 
(1 year 4 months and 24 days from today)

1239 days until the next Presidential Election on Tuesday November 3, 2020
(3 years 4 months and 21 days from today)

The sun just rose now at 5:47 am

and sunset will be at 8:33 pm. 

Today we will have 14 hours and 46 minutes of daylight. 
Today Tuesday, 13th of June of 2017 is the 164th day of the year.

There are 201 days remaining until the end of 2017. 

511 days until Congressional Elections on Tuesday November 6, 2018 
(1 year 4 months and 24 days from today)

1239 days until the next Presidential Election on Tuesday November 3, 2020
(3 years 4 months and 21 days from today)
The sun just rose now at 5:47 am 
and sunset will be at 8:33 pm. 
 
Today we will have 14 hours and 46 minutes of daylight. 
Solar noon will be at 1:10 pm.
The first high tide was at 1:54 am 
and the next high tide will be at 4:12 pm. 
The first low tide will be at 8:42 am 
and the next low tide at 8:53 pm.

The Moon is currently 86.2% illuminated; a Waning Gibbous moon
Moon Direction: ↑ 199.35° SSW
Moon Altitude: 32.20°
Moon Distance: 248108 mi

Next New Moon: Jun 23, 2017 at 7:30 pm
Next Full Moon: Jul 8, 2017 at 9:06 pm
Next Moonset: Today at 9:28 am

National Kitchen Klutzes of America Day

Sewing Machine Day

Weed Your Garden Day

World Pet Memorial Day

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If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday to you!  You share this day with...

1809 – Heinrich Hoffmann, German psychiatrist and author (d. 1894)

1865 – W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1939)

1892 – Basil Rathbone, South African-born British-American actor (d. 1967)

1893 – Dorothy L. Sayers, English author and poet (d. 1957)

1899 – Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer, conductor, and journalist, founded the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra (d. 1978)

1903 – Red Grange, American football player

1913 – Ralph Edwards, American radio and television host (d. 2005)

1926 – Paul Lynde, American actor and comedian (d. 1982)

1927 – Slim Dusty, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)

1931 – Irvin D. Yalom, American psychotherapist and academic

1935 – Christo, Bulgarian-French sculptor and painter

1942 – Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and activist (d. 1980)

1943 – Malcolm McDowell, English actor and producer

1944 – Ban Ki-moon, South Korean politician and diplomat, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

1951 – Richard Thomas, American actor, director, and producer

1963 – Audrey Niffenegger, American author and academic

1972 – Natalie MacMaster, Canadian fiddler

1986 – Ashley Olsen, American child actress, fashion designer, and businesswoman

1986 – Mary-Kate Olsen, American child actress, fashion designer, and businesswoman

1986 – DJ Snake, French DJ and record producer

On this day in history…

1893 – Grover Cleveland notices a rough spot in his mouth and on July 1 undergoes secret, successful surgery to remove a large, cancerous portion of his jaw; the operation was not revealed to the public until 1917, nine years after the president's death.

1898 – Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.

1927 – Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.

1950 – South Africa implements the Group Areas Act

1966 – The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.

1967 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson nominates Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

1970 – "The Long and Winding Road" becomes The Beatles' last U.S. number one song.

1971 – Vietnam War: The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers.

1977 – Convicted Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray is recaptured after escaping from prison three days before.

1983 – Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the central Solar System when it passes beyond the orbit of Neptune.

1994 – A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, blames recklessness by Exxon and Captain Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez disaster, allowing victims of the oil spill to seek $15 billion in damages.

2000 – The leaders of South Korea and North Korea meet in an historic summit

2002 – The United States withdraws from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.