1956 – Elvis Presley makes his first national television appearance.
1958 – The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
1960 – The National Football League announces expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for the 1961 NFL season.
1965 – The current design of the Flag of Canada is chosen by an act of Parliament.
1981 – Ronald Reagan lifts remaining domestic petroleum price and allocation controls in the United States, helping to end the 1979 energy crisis and begin the 1980s oil glut.
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and sunset will be at 5:28 pm.
Today we will have 10 hours and 10 minutes of daylight.
Solar noon will be at 12:23 pm.
The first low tide was at 3:55 am
The only high tide of the day will be at 9:53 am.
and the final low tide at Aquatic Park will be at 4:52 pm.
We’ll have a Full Moon tomorrow Thursday the 28th of January of 2021 at 11:16 am
Moon: 98.1%
The January Full Moon is called the Full Wolf Moon
The howling of wolves was often heard at this time of year. It was traditionally thought that wolves howled due to hunger, but we now know that wolves use howls to define territory, locate pack members, reinforce social bonds, and gather for hunting.
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On this day in history.
1700 – The 8.7–9.2 Mw Cascadia earthquake takes place off the west coast of North America, as evidenced by Japanese records.
1837 – Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state.
1838 – Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States.
1915 – The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.
1934 – The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
1961 – John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be the first woman Physician to the President.
1992 – Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia will stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.