September 7 is the 251st day of the year
There are 115 days remaining until the end of the year.
62 Days until Election Day
Today Wednesday, 7th of September of 2016,
the sun will rise in San Francisco at 6:46 am
and sunset will be at 7:28 pm.
Today we will have 12 hours and 42 minutes of sun.
The solar transit will be at 1:07 pm.
The first high tide was at 4:22 am
and the next high tide will be at 4:12 pm.
The first low tide will be at 9:45 am
and the next low tide at 10:49 pm.
Moon: 31.7%Waxing Crescent
Moonrise Today: 12:32 PM↑ 109° East
Moonset Today: 11:14 PM↑ 250° West
We'll have our First Quarter Moon of the month in 2 days on Friday 9th of September of 2016 at 4:49 am
Then we'll have a Full Moon in 9 days on Friday 16th of September of 2016 at 12:05 pm
Today is Google Commemoration Day
National Acorn Squash Day
National Feel the Love Day
National Neither Rain Nor Snow Day
Today is Salami Day!
National Beer Lover's Day
It's also Constitution Day in Fiji
Independence Day in Brazil, celebrating the independence of Brazil from Portugal in 1822.
Military Intelligence Day in Ukraine
National Threatened Species Day in Australia
Victory Day in Mozambique
If today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birthday also to…
1533England's Queen Elizabeth I was born in Greenwich.
1860 Grandma MosesAmerican folk painter.
1867J. P. Morgan Jr., American banker and philanthropist (d. 1943)
1909Elia Kazan, Greek-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
1912David Packard American engineer; cofounder of Hewlett-Packard Co.
1923Peter Lawford, English-American actor and singer (d. 1984)
1936Rock musician Buddy Holly was born Charles Hardin Holley in Lubbock, Texas.
1924Daniel Inouye, American captain and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2012)
1926Ronnie Gilbert, American singer-songwriter (d. 2015) She sang for The Weavers
1926 Samuel Goldwyn Jr., American director and producer (d. 2015)
1926Don Messick, American voice actor and singer (d. 1997) His best known voice was that of Huckleberry Hound
1930Sonny Rollins, American saxophonist and composer
1932John Paul Getty Jr., American-English philanthropist and book collector (d. 2003)
1949 Gloria Gaynor, American singer-songwriter
1950Julie Kavner, American actress. She is the voice actor for Marge Simpson
1950Peggy Noonan, American author, journalist, speechwriter, and pundit
1951Chrissie Hynde, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, known for her work as lead singer of The Pretenders
1951Mark Isham, American trumpet player and composer. He recorded for Windham Hill records in the 1980s
1956Michael Feinstein, American singer and pianist
On this day in history...
1911French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of
stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
1916 – US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal
Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
1921 – In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event,
is held.
1927TV pioneer Philo T. Farnsworth succeeded in transmitting an image
through purely electronic means by using a device called an image dissector.
1940the German air force began its blitz on London during World War II.
1957NBC-TV debuted the original version of its animated peacock logo.
1977The Panama Canal treaties, calling for the United States to turn over
control of the waterway to Panama, were signed in Washington, D.C.
1979ESPN made its cable TV debut.
1979 – The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for US$1.5
billion to avoid bankruptcy.
1986 – Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Church in
South Africa.
2005 – Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election.