Almanac – Monday 04/18/22 | KALW

Today is Monday, April 18, 2022,
April 18 is the 108th day of the year
257 days remain until the end of the year.
The sun rose at 6:29:52
and sunset will be at 7:49:18 p.m.
We will have 13 hours and 19 minutes of daylight.
The solar transit will take place at 13:09:35.
The first low tide will be at 6:28 a.m. at 2.05 feet
The next high tide at 1:25 p.m. at 1.81m
and the last low tide at Ocean Beach tonight will be at 6:28 p.m. at 2.05 feet
The moon is currently 95.8% visible
It is a decreasing gibbous
We just had a full moon this weekend
Last quarter moon in 5 days on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at 4:56 a.m.
April 18 (film) is the name of a 1984 Malayalam language motion picture film, made in India. It’s a family drama.
Today is
Income tax payday
International Amateur Radio Day
International Day for Monuments and Sites
National Pet Cracker Day
National Lineman Appreciation Day
National Transfer money to your daughter’s account on the day
National Velociraptor Awareness Day
Newspaper Columnists Day
patriots day
pet owners independence day
Pinata Day
White House Easter Egg Roll
Today is also…
Army Day (Iran)
Coma Patients Day (Poland)
Friends’ Day (Brazil)
Independence Day, (Zimbabwe)
International Day for Monuments and Sites
Invention Day (Japan)
Victory over the Teutonic Knights in the Battle of the Ice (Russia, Julian calendar)
On this day in history…
1783 – Three-Fifths Compromise: The first instance of black slaves in the United States of America being counted as three-fifths of the people (for taxation purposes), in a resolution of the Congress of the Confederacy. This was later adopted in the 1787 Constitution.
1831 – The University of Alabama is founded in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
1906 – An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
1930 – The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announces that “there is no news” in its evening report.
2019 – A redacted version of the Mueller Report is released to the United States Congress and the public.
And if today is your birthday, happy birthday to you! You are sharing this special day with…
1480 – Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander VI
1813 – James McCune Smith, African-American physician, apothecary, abolitionist and author (died 1865)
1819 – Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cuban lawyer and activist (died 1874)
1882 – Leopold Stokowski, English conductor (died 1977)
1904 – Pigmeat Markham, African-American comedian, singer and dancer (died 1981)
1924 – Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2005)
1942 – Robert Christgau, American journalist and critic
1944 – Kathy Acker, American author and poet (died 1997)
1947 – James Woods, American actor and producer
1953 – Rick Moranis, Canadian-American actor, comedian, singer and screenwriter
1954 – Robert Greenberg, American pianist and composer
1959 – Susan Faludi, American journalist, author and feminist
1963 – Conan O’Brien, American television host, comedian and podcaster