Today Tuesday, 28th of June of 2016, is the 180th day of the year.
There are 186 days remaining until the end of the 2016
the sun rose at 5:51 am
and sunset will be at 8:36 pm
Today we will have 14 hours and 45 minutes of sunlight.
The solar transit will be at 1:13 pm.
The first low tide was at 12:44 am
and the next low tide will be at 12:17 pm.
The first high tide was at 6:42 am
and the next high tide at 7:18 pm.
The Moon is 40 per cent illuminated
Next New Moon will be on Monday July 4, 2017
Next Full Moon will be on Thursday July 19, 2016
The Moon will set Today at 2:25 PM
Today is National Paul Bunyan Day
It’s National Insurance Awareness Day
And it’s Molly Pitcher Day, she was a Revolutionary War Hero
Today is also…
· Poznań Remembrance Day in Poland
· Soviet Occupation Day, Moldova
· Tau Day
· Vidovdan, celebrating St. Vitus and an important day in Serbian history in the Eastern Orthodox Church
On this day in history…
· 1846 – Adolphe Sax patents the saxophone
· 1894 – Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
· 1914 – Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo by Bosnia Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip, the casus belli of World War I.
· 1926 – Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
· 1964 – Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
· 1969 – Stonewall riots begin in New York City, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.
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· If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! And HBD to…
· 1902 – Richard Rodgers, American playwright and composer (d. 1979)
1926 – Mel Brooks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
· 1932 – Pat Morita, American actor (d. 2005)
· 1946 – Gilda Radner, American actress and comedian (d. 1989)