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Sunrise ... sunset ... tides ... annual rainfall ... on this day in history ... international holiday celebrations ... full moon lore ... and more. Tune in for the Daily Almanac Monday through Friday at 5:49am and 8:49am.Do you have comments or questions, corrections, or suggestions for the Almanac? Would you like the Almanac to acknowledge a special birthday or anniversary? Contact me by email: kevin@kalw.org.

Tuesday June 9, 2015

 
June 9 is the 160th day of the year. There are 205 days remaining until the end of the year.

 

 

Sunrise will be at 5:48 AM

The Sun will set at 8:31 PM

There will be 14 hours 43 minutes and 2 seconds of daylight today

"Solar Noon" will be at 1:09 PM 

 

The moon will be 56.4 per cent illuminated

it is a Waxing Gibbous moon

1:13AM  Moonrise

It becomes a Last Quarter Moon at 8:42 am today  

1:16PM  Moonset

 

Tides at the Golden Gate 

This morning at05:22 AM4.53 H

 

Low Tide at 11:32 AM0.11 L

 
High Tide again at 06:47 PM5.54 H

 

and Low Tide again early tomorrow morning at 12:52 AM1.54 L<

 

Today is … Donald Duck Day as on this day in 1934, Donald Duck makes his debut in The Wise Little Hen.
 

Anniversary of the Ascension of King Abdullah II (Jordan)

 

Autonomy Day (Åland Islands)

 
National Heroes' Day (Uganda)

 
1954 – McCarthyism: Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, 
lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism 
has infiltrated the Army giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. 
Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of 
decency?"

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc6Yo3A7CC8
 

1967 – Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria
 

1968 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning 
following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
 

1978 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all 
worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men.
 

1985 – Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped in Lebanon. He will not be released until 
1991.
 

1999 – Kosovo War: the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace 
treaty.
 

1970: King Hussein escapes gunman's bullet
King Hussein of Jordan escapes an assassination attempt after gunmen open fire on his motorcade as it drives near his summer palace.
 

1983: Thatcher wins landslide victory
Margaret Thatcher leads the Conservatives to a landslide second term election victory.

1975: First live broadcast of Parliament
The first live transmission from the House of Commons is broadcast by BBC Radio and commercial stations.

1870Author Charles Dickens died at age 58.
 

1973Secretariat won horse racing's Triple Crown with a victory at the Belmont 
Stakes.
 

1980Comedian Richard Pryor suffered near-fatal burns at his home when a 
mixture of free-base cocaine exploded.
 

2008Ken Griffey Jr. of the Cincinnati Reds became the sixth player in baseball 
history to hit 600 home runs.
 
 

Births
 

On June 9, 1891, Cole Porter, the American composer and lyricist, was born in Peru, Ind.. (d. 1964)
 

1900 – Fred Waring, American bandleader and television host (Waring's
Pennsylvanians) (d. 1984)
 

1902 – Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1969)
 

1915 – Les Paul, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2009)
 

1916 – Robert McNamara, American businessman and politician, 8th United States 
Secretary of Defense (d. 2009)
 

1922 – George Axelrod, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
 

1926 – Happy Rockefeller, American philanthropist, 31st Second Lady of the United 
States (d. 2015)
 

1929 – Johnny Ace, American singer (d. 1954)
 

1934 – Jackie Wilson, American singer-songwriter (Billy Ward and his Dominoes) (d. 
1984)
 

1936 – Jackie Mason, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
 

1943 – Kenny Barron, American pianist (Sphere)
 

1961 – Michael J. Fox, Canadian-American actor, producer, and author
 

1964 – Slaid Cleaves, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
 

1981 – Natalie Portman, Israeli-American actress
 

1981 – Anoushka Shankar, English-Indian sitar player and composer