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KALW Almanac: Wednesday Oct. 5, 2016

kale by flickr user mecks1 (CC BY-ND 2.0)

 
Today Wednesday, 5th of October of 2016 is the 279th day of the year 
 
There are 87 days remaining until the end of the year.
 
34 Days until Election Day!
 
19 Days left to Register To Vote!
 
The sun will rise in San Francisco at 7:10 am 
 
and sunset will be at 6:45 pm.
 
Today we will have 11 hours and 35 minutes of daylight.  

The solar transit will be at 12:58 pm.

The first high tide was at 3:16 am 

and the next high tide will be at 2:36 pm. 

The first low tide will be at 8:23 am 

and the next low tide at 9:08 pm.

The Moon is 17.4% illuminated, a Waxing Crescent moon.

Moonrise Today: 11:18 AM↑ 111° Southeast

Moonset Today: 9:51 PM↑ 248° West

We will have our First Quarter Moon in 4 days on Saturday, the 8th of October of 2016 at 9:33 pm

We will have Full Moon in 11 days on Saturday, the 15th of October of 2016 at 9:23 pm

Our Last Quarter Moon in 17 days on Saturday, the 22th of October of 2016 at 12:14 pm

The next New Moon will fall in 25 days Sunday, the 30th of October of 2016 at 10:38 am

Today is Balloons Around the World Day

Do Something Nice Day

International Walk to School Day

National Apple Betty Day

National Kale Day

National Storytelling Day

Random Acts of Poetry Day

World Teachers' Day

Today is also...

World Space Week (October 4–10)

Armed Forces Day in Indonesia

Constitution Day in Vanuatu

Engineer's Day in Bolivia

International Day of No Prostitution 

Republic Day in Portugal

Teachers' Day in Pakistan

If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You!  Happy Birthday also to...

1829Chester Alan Arthur, the 21st president of the United States, born in Fairfield, Vt.

1902Ray A. Kroc, the American businessman who built the McDonald's fast food empire.

1902Larry Fine, American comedian (d. 1975)

1922Bil Keane, American soldier and cartoonist (d. 2011)

1936Václav Havel, Czech poet, playwright, and politician, 1st President of the Czech Republic (d. 2011)

1941Roy Book Binder, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1943Steve Miller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1951Bob Geldof, Irish singer-songwriter and actor

1952Clive Barker, English author, director, producer, and screenwriter

1952Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer and politician

1958Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author

1959Maya Lin, American architect and sculptor, designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Civil Rights Memorial

1959Kelly Joe Phelps, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1975 Kate Winslet, English actress

On this day in history...

1582Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

1857The City of Anaheim, California is founded.

1905Wilbur Wright pilots Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908.

1921The 1921 World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.

1944Suffrage is extended to women in France.

1953Earl Warren was sworn in as the 14th chief justice of the United States, succeeding Fred M. Vinson.

1947In the first televised White House address, President Truman asked Americans to refrain from eating meat on Tuesdays and poultry on Thursdays to help stockpile grain for starving people in Europe.

1962Dr. No, the first in the James Bond film series, is released.

1962The Beatles' first single, "Love Me Do" backed with "P.S. I Love You", is released in the United Kingdom.

1966Near Detroit, Michigan, there is a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor.

1962The first James Bond theatrical feature, "Dr. No" starring Sean Connery as Agent 007, premiered in London.

1969The first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus airs on BBC One.

1970The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.

1970 British Trade Commissioner James Cross is kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group, triggering the October Crisis in Canada.

1983Solidarity founder Lech Walesa was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

1988Democrat Lloyd Bentsen lambasted Republican Dan Quayle during their vice-presidential debate, telling Quayle, "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."

1989A jury in Charlotte, N.C., convicted former PTL evangelist Jim Bakker of using his TV show to defraud followers.

1988The Chilean opposition coalition Concertación (center-left) defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt and a general election is called the following year.

1990After one hundred and fifty years The Herald broadsheet newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.

2001Barry Bonds surpasses Mark McGwire's single-season home run total with his milestone 71st and 72nd home runs.

2005Defying the White House, the Senate voted 90-9 to approve an amendment that would prohibit the use of "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment" 
against anyone in U.S. government custody.

2011Apple founder Steve Jobs died at age 56.