Today Wednesday, 31th of August of 2016 is the 244rd day of the year.
There are 122 days remaining until the end of the year.
69 days until Election Day.
The sun rose in San Francisco at 6:40 am
and sunset will be at 7:39 pm.
Today we will have 12 hours and 59 minutes of sun.
The solar transit will be at 1:10 pm.
The first low tide was at 5:28 am
and the next low tide at 5:35 pm.
The first high tide will be at 12:22 pm
and the next high tide at 11:47 pm.
The Moon is 0.8% illuminated, a Waning Crescent
We'll have a New Moon tomorrow on Thursday 1st of September of 2016 at 2:03 am
Moonrise Today: 5:58 AM↑ 76° East
Moonset Today: 7:23 PM↑ 281° West
Today is Eat Outside Day
Love Litigating Lawyers Day
National Trail Mix Day
We Love Memoirs Day
Willing-To-Lend-A-Hand Wednesday
National Matchmaker Day
National Diatomaceious Earth Day
Day of Solidarity and Freedom in Poland
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kyrgyzstan from the Soviet Union in 1991.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Malaya from the United Kingdom in 1957.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Trinidad and Tobago from the United Kingdom in 1962.
National Language Day in Moldova
North Borneo Self-government Day in Sabah, Borneo
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share your special day with…
12 – Caligula, Roman emperor (d. 41)
1870 – Maria Montessori, Italian physician and educator (d. 1952)
1880 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (d. 1962)
1903 – Arthur Godfrey, American radio and television host (d. 1983)
1908 – William Saroyan, American author and playwright (d. 1981)
1914 – Richard Basehart, American actor (d. 1984)
1916 – Daniel Schorr, American journalist and author (d. 2010)
1924 – Buddy Hackett, American actor and singer (d. 2003)
1935 – Eldridge Cleaver, American activist and author (d. 1998)
1940 – Robbie Basho, American guitarist, pianist, and composer (d. 1986)
1945 – Van Morrison, Northern Irish singer-songwriter
1945 – Itzhak Perlman, Israeli-American violinist and conductor
1955 – Gary Webb, American journalist and author (d. 2004)
1958 – Julie Brown, American actress, singer, producer, and screenwriter
1970 – Queen Rania of Jordan
1972 – Chris Tucker, American comedian and actor
On this day in history...
1888Jack the Ripper claims his first victim
1895German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his Navigable Balloon.
1897Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
1920The first radio news program is broadcast by 8MK in Detroit
1935President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an act prohibiting the export of U.S. arms to belligerents.
1992White separatist Randy Weaver surrendered to authorities in Naples, Idaho, ending an 11-day siege by federal agents that claimed the lives of Weaver's wife and son and a deputy U.S. marshal.
1994Russia officially ended its military presence in the former East Germany and the Baltics after half a
century.
1997Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
2005Some 1,000 people were killed when a religious procession across a Baghdad bridge was engulfed in panic over rumors of a suicide bomber.
2006Iran defied a U.N. deadline to stop enriching uranium.
2006Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.
2009Walt Disney Co. announced it was acquiring comic book giant Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion.
2010President Barack Obama ended the U.S. combat mission in Iraq, declaring no victory after seven years of bloodshed.