Almanac – Friday 01/14/2022 | KALW
Today is Friday, January 14, 2022
January 14 is the 14th day of the year
351 days remain until the end of the year
64 days up to spring begin
The sun will rise in San Francisco at 7:24:12 a.m.
and sunset will be at 5:14:53 PM.
Today we will have 9 hours and 50 minutes of daylight.
The solar transit will take place at 12:19:32 pm.
The first low tide was at 1:55 a.m. at 3.20 feet
The first high tide will be at 7:41 a.m. at 6.11 feet
The next low tide will be at 3:12 p.m. at -0.21 feet
And the last high tide for Ocean Beach tonight will be at 10:18 p.m. at 4.66 feet
The Moon is currently 89.5% visible
We will have the Full Moon in 3 days on Monday, January 17, 2022 at 3:49 p.m.
The January Full Moon is called the Full Wolf Moon.
The howling of wolves was often heard at this time of year. Wolves were traditionally thought to howl due to hunger, but we now know that wolves use howls to define territory, locate pack members, strengthen social bonds, and gather together for hunting.
This month’s moon is also called the…
Canada Goose Moon Central Moon Cold Moon Frozen Moon Blast Frost Moon Big Moon Greetings Moon
Hard Moon Severe Moon Spiritual Moon
Today it’s…
National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
Today is also…
Defender of the Fatherland Day in Uzbekistan
donkey party in Medieval Christianity
National Forest Conservation Day in Thailand
old new year, and its related observance:
Yennayer for the Berber or the amazigh people
Revolution and Youth Day in Tunisia
Sidereal winter solstice celebrations in South and Southeast Asian cultures; marking the transition from the Sun to Capricorn, and the first day of the six months Uttarayana period.
Magh Bihu in the Indian state of assam
Maghi in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh
The first day of pongal in Tamil Nadu
Uttarayan in Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Rajasthan
On this day in history…
1900 – Giacomo Pucciniit is Tosca opens in Rome.
1911 – Roald Amundsenit is Expedition to the South Pole lands east of the Ross Ice Shelf.
1952 – NBClong-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway.
1954 – The Hudson Motor Company merges with Nash–Kelvinator Company forming the American Motors Corporation.
1967 – 1960s counterculture: The To be human takes place in San Francisco, Californiait is Golden Gate Park, throwing the summer of love.
1972 – Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513
1973 – Elvis Presleythe concert Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast live via Satellite, and sets the record as most watched show by an individual artist in television history.
2011 – President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia takes refuge in Saudi Arabia after a series of demonstrations against his regime, considered as the birth of the Arab Spring.
…and if today is your birthday, happy birthday! You are sharing this special day with…
83 BC – Mark Anthony, Roman general and politician (died 30 BC)
1741 – Benedict Arnold, British-American general (died 1801)
1875 – Albert Schweitzer, Franco-Gabonese doctor and philosopher, Nobel prize laureate (died 1965)
1883 – Nina Ricci, French-Italian fashion designer (died 1970)
1886 – Hugh Lofting, English author and poet, created Doctor Dolittle (died 1947)
1892 – Martin Niemoller, German pastor and theologian (died 1984)
1892 – Hal Roach, American actor, director and producer (died 1992)
1896 – John Dos Passos, American novelist, poet and playwright (died 1970)
1912 – Tillie Olsen, American novelist (died 2007)
1915 – Mark Goodson, an American game show producer, created family quarrel and The price is right (died 1992)
1919 – Giulio Andreotti, Italian journalist and politician, 41st Prime Minister of Italy (died 2013)
1919 – Andy Rooney, American soldier, journalist, critic and TV personality (died 2011)
1936 – Clarence Carter, American blues and soul singer-songwriter, musician and record producer
1937 – Billie Jo Spears, American country singer (died 2011)
1938 – Allen Toussaint, American singer-songwriter, pianist and producer (died 2015)
1940 – Julian Bond, American scholar and politician (died 2015)
1941 – Faye Dunaway, American actress and producer
1944 – Nina Totenberg, American journalist
1947 – Taylor Branch, American historian and author
1948 – T-Bone Burnett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
1952 – Maureen Dowd, American journalist and author
1957 – Year Min, Chinese-American painter, photographer and author
1963 – Steven Soderbergh, American director, producer and screenwriter
1964 – Shepard Smith, American television journalist
1967 – Emily Watson, English actress
1968 – LL cool J, American rapper and actor
1969 – Dave Grohl, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and drummer
1982 – Marc Brossard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist