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National Social Media Day KALW Almanac 6/30/15

KALW | By Joe Burke
Published June 30, 2015 at 6:29 AM PDT

  • 181st Day of 2015 184 Remaining
  • Autumn Begins in 85 Days
  • Sunrise:5:51
  • Sunset:8:35
  • 14 Hours 44 Minutes
  • Moon Rise:7:18pm
  • Moon Set:4:47am
  • Phase:98%
  • Full Moon July 1 @ 7:22pm and July 31 @ 3:45pm
  • Full Thunder Moon / Full Hay Moon
  • July is normally the month when the new antlers of buck deer push out of their foreheads in coatings of velvety fur. It was also often called the Full Thunder Moon, for the reason that thunderstorms are most frequent during this time. Another name for this month’s Moon was the Full Hay Moon.
  • Tides
  • High:11:27am/10:27pm
  • Low:4:32am/4:06pm
  • Rainfall:
  • This Year to Date:18.65
  • Last Year:12.66
  • Avg YTD:23.80
  • Annual Avg:23.80
  • Holidays
  • Leap Second Time Adjustment Day
  • National Meteor Watch Day
  • National Organization For Women Day
  • Social Media Day
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  • Army Day-Guatemala
  • Independence Day-Democratic Republic Of Congo
  • National Salvation Revolution Day
  • Independence Day-Korea
  • On This Day
  • 1859 --- Jean-Francois Gravelet, a Frenchman known professionally as Emile Blondin, becomes the first daredevil to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope. The feat, which was performed 160 feet above the Niagara gorge just down river from the Falls, was witnessed by some 5,000 spectators. 
  • 1894 --- Korea declared independence from China and asked for Japanese aid.
  • 1896 --- William S. Hadaway received U.S. patent No. 563,032 for an electric stove.
  • 1900 --- Four German boats burn at the docks in Hoboken, New Jersey, killing more than 300 people. The fire was so large that it could be seen by nearly every person in the New York City area.
  • 1908 --- A meteor explosion in Siberia knocked down trees in a 40-mile radius and struck people unconscious some 40 miles away. 
  • 1934 --- Nazi leader Adolf Hitler orders a bloody purge of his own political party, assassinating hundreds of Nazis whom he believed had the potential to become political enemies in the future.
  • 1935 --- Fascists caused an uproar at the League of Nations when Haile Selassie of Ethiopia speaks. 
  • 1936 --- Margaret Mitchell’s book, "Gone with the Wind," was published. Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
  • 1950 --- Just three days after the United Nations Security Council voted to provide military assistance to South Korea, President Harry S. Truman orders U.S. armed forces to assist in defending that nation from invading North Korean armies.
  • 1953 --- The first Corvette rolled off the Chevrolet assembly line in Flint, MI. It sold for $3,250. 
  • 1962 --- Los Angeles Dodger Sandy Koufax pitched his first no-hitter in a game with the New York Mets.
  • 1967 --- The South Vietnamese Armed Forces Council resolves rival claims to the presidency in favor of Nguyen Van Thieu, Chief of State. Former Premier Nguyen Cao Ky, who had announced on May 11 that he would run for president, was forced to accept second place on the presidential ticket.
  • 1971 --- The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified when Ohio became the 38th state to approve it. The amendment lowered the minimum voting age to 18.
  • 1971 --- The three Soviet cosmonauts who served as the first crew of the world’s first space station die when their spacecraft depressurizes during reentry.
  • 1975 --- Cher and Gregg Allman were married. Cher filed for a divorce nine days later, however they remained married until 1979.
  • 1989 --- Spike Lee’s third feature film, Do the Right Thing–a provocative, racially charged drama that takes place on one block in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, on the hottest day of the year–is released in U.S. theaters.
  • 1994 --- The U.S. Figure Skating Association stripped Tonya Harding of the 1994 national championship and banned her from the organization for life for an attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan. 
  • 1998 --- Officials confirmed that the remains of a Vietnam War serviceman buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery were identified as those of Air Force pilot Michael J. Blassie.
  • 1998 --- The Lucinda Williams album "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road" was released.
  • 2004 --- The international Cassini spacecraft entered Saturn's orbit. The craft had been on a nearly seven-year journey.
  • 2013 --- 19 firefighters perish while battling a wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona. All were members of the Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew, an elite group of wildland firefighters that was part of the Prescott (Arizona) Fire Department. It was the deadliest day for U.S. firefighters since the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
  • Birthdays
  • Lena Horne
  • Mike Tyson
  • Harry Blacksont Jr
  • Florence Ballard
  • Stanley Clarke
  • David Alan Grier
  • Vincent D’Onofrio