Today Wednesday, 2nd of November of 2016 is the 307th day of the year
There are 59 days remaining until the end of the year.
6 days to Election Day!
The sun will rise in San Francisco at 7:38 am
and sunset will be at 6:09 pm.
Today we will have 10 hours and 31 minutes of daylight.
The solar transit will be at 12:53 pm.
The first high tide was at 2:24 am
and the next high tide will be at 1:19 pm.
The first low tide will be at 7:14 am
and the next low tide at 7:56 pm.
The Moon is 6.9% illuminated, a Waxing Crescent moon
Moonrise Today: 10:06 AM↑ 112° Southeast
Moonset Today: 8:31 PM↑ 247° West
First Quarter Moon in 5 days Monday the 7th of November of 2016 at 12:51 pm
Full Moon in 12 days Monday the 14th of November of 2016 at 6:52 am
Last Quarter Moon in 19 days on Monday 21st of November of 2016 at 1:33 am
New Moon in 27 days on Tuesday 29th of November of 2016 at 5:18 am
Today is…
All Souls' Day
Cookie Monster Day
Look for Circles Day
National Deviled Egg Day
National Eating Healthy Day
Plan Your Epitaph Day
Practice Being Psychic Day
It's also...
Coronation of Haile Selassie celebrated by people of the Rastafarian faith
Day of the Dead, the second day of Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebration for people in Mexico and the Mexican diaspora
Indian Arrival Day in Mauritius
Karatsu Kunchi in Karatsu, Saga in India
Statehood Day for both North Dakota and South Dakota
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You get to share birthday cake with...
1734 – Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer (d. 1820)
1755 – Marie Antoinette, Austrian-French queen consort of Louis XVI of France (d. 1793)
1795 – James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States (d. 1849)
1865 – Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (d. 1923)
1906 – Luchino Visconti, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1976)
1913 – Burt Lancaster, American actor (d. 1994)
1924 – Rudy Van Gelder, American record producer and engineer (d. 2016)
1927 – Steve Ditko, American author and illustrator
1936 – Rose Bird, American lawyer and judge, 25th Chief Justice of California (d. 1999)
1938 – Pat Buchanan, American journalist and politician
1942 – Shere Hite, German sexologist, author, and educator
1945 – J. D. Souther, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1947 – Dave Pegg, English bass player and producer
1965 – Shah Rukh Khan, Indian actor and producer
On this day in History…
1889North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
1898Cheerleading is started at the University of Minnesota with Johnny Campbell leading the crowd in cheering on the football team.
1917The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing
shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
1920In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the United States presidential election, 1920.
1930Haile Selassie is crowned emperor of Ethiopia.
1936The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is established.
1936The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
1947In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Spruce Goose or H-4 The Hercules; the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
1959Quiz show scandals: Twenty One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
1960Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the trial R v Penguin Books Ltd, the Lady Chatterley's Lover case.
1976former Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter defeated Republican incumbent Gerald R. Ford, becoming the first U.S. president from the Deep South since the Civil War.
1983U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
2010Californians rejected a ballot measure that would have made their state the first to legalize marijuana for recreational use.