Today is Tuesday, April 25th, 2023
April 25th is the 115th day of the year
250 days until the end of the year.
57 days until the start of summer
The sun rose at 6:21:00 this morning
and the sun sets at 19:55:32.
We have 13 hours and 34 minutes of daylight
Solar noon is at 13:08:16.
The water temperature in San Francisco Bay today is 58.5°F.
The first tide was at 2:04 p.m. at 5.27 feet
The first low tide will be at -0.16 feet at 9:36 am
Next tide at 5:27 p.m. at 4.21 feet
and the last low tide on Ocean Beach tonight will be at 9:52 p.m. at 3.42 feet
The moon is currently 29% visible
It’s a waxing crescent
We will have the first quarter moon in 2 days on Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 2:20 p.m
Today is…
DNA tag
Also known as De-Oxy-Ribo-Nucleic Acid Tag
East meets west day
Day of honor of the hairdressers
International Financial Independence Day
National Crayola Day
National Mani Pedi Day
National Plumber Day
National Phone Day
National Zucchini Bread Day
Parental Alienation Day
Red Hat Society Day
School Bus Drivers Day
Today is also…
world penguin day
Anzac Day in Australia, New Zealand and Tonga
Freedom Day in Portugal
World Malaria Day
If today is your birthday, happy birthday! They share this special day…
1599 – Oliver Cromwell, English general and politician, Lord Protector of Great Britain (d. 1658)
1874 – Guglielmo Marconi, Italian businessman and inventor, developed Marconi’s law, Nobel laureate (d. 1937)
1906 – William J. Brennan Jr., American Colonel and Deputy Justice of the United States Supreme Court (d. 1997)
1908 – Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (d. 1965)
1912 – Earl Bostic, African-American saxophonist (d. 1965)
1917 – Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (d. 1996)
1923 – Albert King, blues singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (d. 1992)
1932 – Meadowlark Lemon, basketball player and minister (d. 2015)
1933 – Jerry Leiber, American songwriter and producer (d. 2011)
1940 – Al Pacino, American actor and director
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1958 – Mischa Glenny, British journalist
1961 – Dinesh D’Souza, Indian-American journalist and author
1964 – Hank Azaria, American actor, voice artist, comedian and producer
1969 – Renée Zellweger, American actress and producer
…and on this day in history…
1792 – “La Marseillaise” (the French national anthem) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
1901 – New York becomes the first state to require license plates.
1944 – The United Negro College Fund is formed.
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1953 – Francis Crick and James Watson publish “Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid” in which they describe the double helix structure of DNA.
1954 – The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
1959 – The Saint Lawrence Sea Route, connecting the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
1961 – Robert Noyce is granted a patent for an integrated circuit.
1983 – Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by her leader Yuri Andropov after he reads her letter expressing fears of nuclear war.
1990 – Violeta Chamorro takes office as President of Nicaragua, the first woman to hold the position.
2004 – The March for Women’s Lives brings between 500,000 and 800,000 protesters, mostly pro-election supporters, to Washington DC to protest the 2003 Prohibition of Partial Abortion Act and other restrictions on abortion.
2014 – The Flint water crisis begins when Flint, Michigan officials switch the city’s water supply to the Flint River, leading to lead and bacterial contamination of citizens.
