Today Wednesday, 8th of March of 2017 is the 68th day of the year.
There are 298 days remaining until the end of the year.
608 days until mid-term elections
1336 days until the next presidential election
The sun will rise in San Francisco at 6:29 this morning
and the sun will set at 6:11 this evening.
Today we will have 11 hours and 42 minutes of daylight.
The solar noon will be at 12:20, mid-day.
The first low tide was at 1:44 early this morning
and the next low tide will be at 2:38 this afternoon
The first high tide will be at 7:51 this morning
and the next high tide at 9:43 tonight
The Moon is currently 82.1% illuminated; a Waxing Gibbous
Moon Direction: ↑ 304.99° NW
Moon Altitude: -14.11°
Moon Distance: 233669 mi
Next Full Moon: Mar 12, 2017 at 7:53 am
Next New Moon: Mar 27, 2017 at 7:57 pm
Next Moonrise: Today at 2:28 pm
Discover What Your Name Means Day
Girls Write Now Day
International Women's Day
Also known as International Working Women's Day
National Be Nasty Day
National Peanut Cluster Day
National Proofreading Day
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day
Also known as Registered Dietitian Day
The earliest organized Women's Day observance was held on February 28, 1909, in New York. It was organized by the Socialist Party of America in remembrance of the 1908 strike of the International Ladies Garment Worker's Union. There was no strike on March 8, despite later claims.
On International Women’s Day, women across the world will strike against President Trump and the social injustices that helped him rise to power.
Women’s March organizers have declared March 8 “A Day Without a Woman,” alongside an International Women’s Strike taking place in more than 30 countries that day. They’re urging US women to take the day off work if they can, or to show support in other ways if they can’t.
Women’s March organizers released some basic guidelines last week for “anyone, anywhere” who wants to participate in A Day Without a Woman:
1. Women take the day off, from paid and unpaid labor
2. Avoid shopping for one day (with exceptions for small, women- and minority-owned businesses)
3. Wear RED in solidarity with A Day Without A Woman
Male allies are also encouraged to show support by taking care of children and housework, or by starting conversations with decision makers in their workplace about how to promote family-friendly policies like paid leave or flexible scheduling.
if today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this day with…
1714 – Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German pianist and composer (d. 1788)
1839 – Josephine Cochrane, American inventor (d. 1913)
1841 – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American colonel, lawyer, and jurist (d. 1935)
1911 – Alan Hovhaness, Armenian-American pianist and composer (d. 2000)
1921 – Alan Hale, Jr., American actor (d. 1990)
1931 – Neil Postman, American author and critic (d. 2003)
1936 – Gábor Szabó, Hungarian guitarist and composer (d. 1982)
1937 – Richard Fariña, American singer-songwriter and author (d. 1966)
1943 – Lynn Redgrave, English-American actress and singer (d. 2010)
1945 – Micky Dolenz, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor
1958 – Gary Numan, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1959 – Aidan Quinn, Irish-American actor
On this day in history...
1618 – Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.
1702 – Queen Anne, the younger sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
1775 – An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.
1817 – The New York Stock Exchange is founded.
1910 – French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a
pilot's license.
1917 – International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
1936 – Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.
1937 – Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
1949 – Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is condemned to prison for treason.
1978 – The first radio episode of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, is transmitted on BBC Radio 4.
1979 – Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time.
1983 – While addressing a convention of Evangelicals, U.S. President Ronald Reagan labels the Soviet Union an "evil empire".
2014 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying a total of 239 people, disappears en
route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.