June 22 is the 174th day of the year.
There are 192 days remaining until the end of the year.
Sunrise Today: 5:48 AM↑ 59° Northeast
Sunset Today: 8:35 PM↑ 301° Northwest
We have 14 hours, 46 minutes of sunlight today
The Moon is 95.4% lit up; it's a Waning Gibbous moon
Next Moonset: Today8:03 AM
Next New Moon: Jul 4, 2016 at 4:00 AM
Next Full Moon: Jul 19, 2016 at 3:56 PM
The first high tide was at 12:48 am
and the next high tide will be at 2:52 pm.
The first low tide will be at 7:31 am
and the next low tide at 7:27 pm.
Today is National Chocolate Eclair Day
National Onion Rings Day
Stupid Guy Thing Day
Anti-Fascist Struggle Day in Croatia
Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War in Belarus
Father's Day on the English Channel Islands of Guernsey, Isle of Man, and Jersey
Teachers' Day in El Salvador
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday to you! You get to share birthday cake with...
1757 – George Vancouver, English lieutenant and explorer (d. 1798)
1845 – Tom Dula, American soldier (d. 1868)
1898 – Erich Maria Remarque, German-Swiss soldier and author (d. 1970)
1903 – John Dillinger, American bank robber (d. 1934)
1906 – Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American pilot and author (d. 2001)
1933 – Dianne Feinstein, American politician, 38th Mayor of San Francisco
1936 – Kris Kristofferson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Highwaymen)
1937 – Chris Blackwell, English record producer, co-founded Island Records
1941 – Ed Bradley, American journalist (d. 2006)
1943 – Brit Hume, American journalist and author
1946 – Eliades Ochoa, Cuban singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Cuarteto Patria)
1947 – Octavia E. Butler, American author (d. 2006)
1947 – Howard Kaylan, American singer-songwriter (The Turtles, The Mothers of Invention, and
Flo & Eddie)
1948 – Todd Rundgren, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Nazz, Utopia, and
The New Cars)
1949 – Meryl Streep, American actress and singer
1949 – Elizabeth Warren, American academic and politician
1953 – Cyndi Lauper, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Blue Angel)
1954 – Freddie Prinze, American comedian and actor (d. 1977)
1960 – Erin Brockovich, American lawyer and Activist
1964 – Dan Brown, American author and academic
On this day in history...
1870 – US Congress created the United States Department of Justice
1898 – Spanish–American War: United States Marines land in Cuba.
1906 – The flag of Sweden is adopted.
1907 – The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
1941 – Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa.
1942 – Pledge of Allegiance formally adopted by Congress
1945 – The Battle of Okinawa comes to an end.
1969 – The Cuyahoga River catches fire in Cleveland, Ohio, drawing national attention to water
pollution, and spurring the passing of the Clean Water Act and the creation of the Environmental
Protection Agency.
1978 – Charon, a satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto, is discovered by American astronomer
James W. Christy.
1984 – Virgin Atlantic Airways launches with its first flight from London Heathrow Airport.
1990 – Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin.