Today is Friday May 23, 2014
143th day of 2014, 212 remaining
Sunrise: 5:33am
Sunset: 8:19pm
14hours and 26 minutes of daylight today
Moonrise: 2:46 a.m.
Moonset: 3:24 p.m.
Special Celebrations today:
Today is National Taffy Day and Lucky Penny Day.
On this day in...
1827: The first nursery school in the U.S. was established in New York City.
1873: Canada's North West Mounted Police was established, later called the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1920.
1879: The first U.S. veterinary school began at Iowa State University.
1895: The New York City Library was created.
1922: "Daylight Savings Time" was debated in the first ever to be heard on the radio.
1934: Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were killed by the Texas Rangers.
1962: The N.B.A. agreed to transfer the Philadelphia Warriors to our fair city of San Francisco.
If today is your birthday, you share it with:
Johns Hopkins
Ho Chi Minh
Malcom X
Jim Lahrer
Nancy Kwan
Nora Ephron
Pete Townsend
Grace Jones
Joey Ramone
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