Almanac - Tuesday 1/18/22

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Today is Tuesday, the 18th of January, 2022

January 18 is the 18th day of the year

347 days remain until the end of the year

60 days until spring begins

The sun rises in San Francisco at 7:22:42 am

and sunset will be at 5:19:06 pm.

In the high tide and low tide chart, we can see that

The first low tide was at 4:35 am at 3.13 feet

The next high tide at 10:13 am at 6.23 feet

The final low tide at Ocean Beach will be at 5:24 pm at -0.66 feet

and there will be a high tide early tomorrow morning at 12:29 am at 4.86 feet

We will have 9 hours and 56 minutes of daylight.

The solar transit will be at 12:20:54 pm.

The Moon is currently 99.6%

It is a Full Moon

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.

The moon is also called the…

Canada Goose Moon

Center Moon

Cold Moon

Freeze Moon

Frost Exploding Moon

Great Moon

Greetings Moon

Hard Moon

Severe Moon

Spirit Moon

We’ll have the Last Quarter Moon in 7 days on Tuesday 25th of January of 2022 at 5:41 am

Today is…

Maintenance Day

National Gourmet Coffee Day

National Peking Duck Day

Printing Ink Day

Rid the World of Fad Diet and Gimmicks Day

Thesaurus Day

Winnie the Pooh Day

Today is also…

Royal Thai Armed Forces Day in Thailand

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (January 18–25) (Christianity)

On this day in history…

1778 – James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the “Sandwich Islands”.

1788 – The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.

1886 – Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.

1896 – An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.

1911 – Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.

1943 – Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.

1958 – Willie O’Ree, the first Black Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins.

1974 – A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.

1981 – Phil Smith and Phil Mayfield parachute off a Houston skyscraper, becoming the first two people to BASE jump from objects in all four categories: buildings, antennae, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs).

1983 – The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe’s Olympic medals to his family.

1993 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 US states.

2002 – The Sierra Leone Civil War is declared over.

…and if today is your birthday, Happy Birthday To You! You share this special day with…

1689 – Montesquieu, French lawyer and philosopher (d. 1755)

1867 – Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat (d. 1916

1881 – Gaston Gallimard, French publisher, founded Éditions Gallimard (d. 1975)

1882 – A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1956)

1892 – Oliver Hardy, American actor and comedian (d. 1957)

1904 – Cary Grant, English-American actor (d. 1986)

1911 – Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1987)

1925 – Sol Yurick, American soldier and author (d. 2013)

1932 – Robert Anton Wilson, American psychologist, author, poet, and playwright (d. 2007)

1933 – Ray Dolby, American engineer and businessman, founded Dolby Laboratories (d. 2013)

1937 – John Hume, Northern Irish educator and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2020)

1938 – Anthony Giddens, English sociologist and academic

1955 – Kevin Costner, American actor, director, and producer

Any women?

TV Actress Ashleigh Murray

Actor Devin Kelley

Kelly Rohrbach, actress

Yumi Makino Media personality in Japan

1519 – Isabella Jagiellon, Queen of Hungary (d. 1559)

1540 – Catherine, Duchess of Braganza (d. 1614)

1886 – Clara Nordström, Swedish-German author and translator (d. 1962)

1941 – Denise Bombardier, Canadian journalist and author

1943 – Kay Granger, American educator and politician

1962 – Alison Arngrim, Canadian-American actress

1964 – Jane Horrocks, English actress and singer

1971 – Amy Barger, American astronomer

1972 – Kjersti Plätzer, Norwegian race walker

1980 – Estelle, English singer-songwriter and producer

1982 – Mary Jepkosgei Keitany, Kenyan runner

1983 – Samantha Mumba, Irish singer-songwriter and actress

1984 – Kristy Lee Cook, American singer-songwriter

1984 – Viktoria Shklover, Estonian figure skater

1986 – Marya Roxx, Estonian-American singer-songwriter

1988 – Angelique Kerber, German tennis player

1994 – Kang Ji-young, South Korean singer

1994 – Ilona Kremen, Belarusian tennis player

UPI Almanac for Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022

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On January 18, 1997, Norwegian Borge Ousland (R) completed a 1,675-mile trek across Antarctica. It was the first time anyone traversed the continent alone. File Photo by Laurent Gillieron/EPA

Today is Tuesday, Jan. 18, the 18th day of 2022 with 347 to follow. The moon is waning. Morning stars are Mars and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus. Advertisement

Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. They include English physician Peter Roget, who compiled Roget’s Thesaurus, in 1779; American orator/statesman Daniel Webster in 1782; Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girls Scouts, in 1860; English author A.A. Milne in 1882; comedian Oliver Hardy in 1892; actor Cary Grant in 1904; actor Danny Kaye in 1911; American inventor Ray Dolby in 1933; filmmaker John Boorman in 1933 (age 89); former Northern Ireland politician/Nobel Peace Prize laureate John Hume in 1937; former baseball star Curt Flood in 1938; singer David Ruffin in 1941; singer Bobby Goldsboro in 1941 (age 81); actor Kevin Costner in 1955 (age 67); actor Mark Rylance in 1960 (age 62); actor Jesse L. Martin in 1969 (age 53); actor/wrestler Dave Bautista in 1969 (age 53); rocker Jonathan Davis in 1971 (age 51); actor Jason Segel in 1980 (age 42); actor Becca Tobin in 1986 (age 36); actor Ashleigh Murray in 1988 (age 34); musician Thomas Raggi in 2001 (age 21); actor Samuel Joslin in 2002 (age 20).

On this date in history:

In 1778, James Cook became the first European to reach the Hawaiian Islands. He called them the Sandwich Islands.

In 1871, William of Prussia was declared the first German emperor.

In 1919, world leaders gathered in Paris to begin a peace conference after the end of World War I. President Woodrow Wilson used the negotiations to push his idea of an international peacekeeping organization, the League of Nations.

RELATED First woman of color completes solo expedition in Antarctica

In 1935, an additional 98 individuals were sentenced, 19 to prison and 79 to exile, for playing a role in the assassination of Sergei Kirov as Josef Stalin ruled unchallenged throughout Soviet Russia.

In 1969, as he prepared for the peaceful transfer of power, President Lyndon Johnson put his faith in history that his record of public service and accomplishments would serve as a fitting legacy.

In 1983, the International Olympic Committee restored Jim Thorpe’s Olympic medals to his family. They had been rescinded for Thorpe’s having played professional baseball. He won gold medals in 1912 in the pentathlon and decathlon.

In 1990, authorities arrested Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry on narcotics charges after he was caught on camera smoking crack cocaine by a woman who agreed to record him in exchange for a reduced sentence on a previous charge.

In 1997, Norwegian Borge Ousland completed a 1,675-mile trek across Antarctica. It was the first time anyone traversed the continent alone.

In 2007, Venezuelan lawmakers voted to allow President Hugo Chavez to rule by decree for 18 months.

In 2010, Mehmet Ali Agca, who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981 and was later forgiven by the pontiff, was released from a Turkish prison.

In 2011, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden vest among a group of police recruits in Tikrit, Iraq, killing at least 60 people and injuring 150 others.

In 2013, Algerian forces freed more than 600 hostages held by Islamist militants at a gas plant in In Amenas.

In 2021, Brazil began administering COVID-19 vaccines to its citizens for the first time after granting emergency authorization to vaccines made by Sinovac and AstraZeneca.

A thought for the day: “I don’t understand art for art’s sake. Art is the guts of the people.” – American artist/educator Elma Lewis

Today’s famous birthdays list for January 18, 2022 includes celebrities Kevin Costner, Dave Bautista

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Birthday wishes go out to Kevin Costner, Dave Bautista and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on January 18th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.

Top celebrity birthdays on January 18, 2022

Kevin Costner attends the LA premiere of “The Art of Racing in the Rain” at the El Capitan Theatre on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP

Actor and director Kevin Costner turns 67

Fun fact: Currently stars as John Dutton in the hit TV series ‘Yellowstone’

Mark Rylance poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘The Phantom of the Open’ during the 2021 BFI London Film Festival in London, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP

Actor Mark Rylance turns 62

Fun fact: Won an Oscar for his supporting role in ‘Bridge of Spies’

Dave Bautista, left, and Denis Villeneuve pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘Dune’ during the 78th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Friday, Sep, 3, 2021. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP

Actor and wrestler Dave Bautista turns 53

Fun fact: Appears in the MCU as Guardians of the Galaxy member Drax

Jason Segel speaks at the AMC’s “Dispatches from Elsewhere” panel during the AMC Networks TCA 2020 Winter Press Tour at the Langham Huntington on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP

Actor Jason Segel turns 42

Fun fact: Was on the basketball team in high school

Ashleigh Murray arrives at the 25th annual Critics’ Choice Awards on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

Actress Ashleigh Murray turns 34

Fun fact: Originally from Kansas City, MO

More celebrities with birthdays today

Singer-songwriter Bobby Goldsboro is 81. Comedian-singer Brett Hudson of the Hudson Brothers is 69. Country singer-actor Mark Collie (“Nashville”) is 66. Actor Alison Arngrim (“Little House on the Prairie”) is 60. Actor Jane Horrocks (“Absolutely Fabulous”) is 58. Comedian Dave Attell (“Insomniac”) is 57. Actor Jesse L. Martin (TV’s “The Flash,” ″Law and Order”) is 53. Rapper DJ Quik is 52. Singer Jonathan Davis of Korn is 51. Singer Christian Burns of BBMak is 48. Actor Derek Richardson (“Men in Trees”) is 46. Singer-actor Samantha Mumba is 39. Actor Zeeko Zaki (“FBI,” “24: Legacy”) is 32. Actor Mateus Ward (“Hostages”) is 23.

Other popular or historical birthdays on January 18th

Daniel Webster, lawyer and politician

A.A. Milne, author

Oliver Hardy, comedian

Cary Grant, actor

Danny Kaye, comedian and actor

John Hughes, director

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Prior celebrity fun facts (Associated Press)

Celebrity fun facts

Gal Gadot | Emilia Clarke | Sophie Turner | Jason Momoa

Chris Hemsworth | Amanda Seyfried | Kat Dennings

Robert Downey Jr. | Alyson Hannigan | Tiffani Amber Thiessen

Miley Cyrus | Emma Stone | Seth MacFarlane | Mark Hamill

Jennifer Lawrence & Mila Kunis | David Hasselhoff

Lindsay Lohan | Natalie Portman | George Clooney

Sarah Michelle Gellar | Emma Watson | Alec Baldwin

Jenna Fischer | Kate Mara | Jennifer Aniston | Alan Alda

Betty White | Dave Matthews | Danica McKellar | Taylor Swift

Britney Spears | Bill Nye | Scarlett Johansson

Rachel McAdams | Demi Moore | Julia Roberts

Danielle Fishel and the ‘Boy Meets World’ cast

A look at prior movie and tv-related fun fact lists (Associated Press)

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Sterling Holloway still a favorite son of Cedartown

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Back on New Orleans City Council, Oliver Thomas also coming back on air at WBOK

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Newly sworn-in New Orleans City Councilmember Oliver Thomas is set to resume a familiar gig on Tuesday: his morning talk show on WBOK-AM.

Thomas will juggle the 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. weekday slot with his job as District E councilmember for New Orleans East and the Lower 9th Ward. Thomas said it was “humbling” that the station’s owners asked him to return to air.

“I agreed for a trial basis, to see, because I would like to help them,” Thomas said. “I enjoy the conversation. I think it helped during the campaign. I was so much more understanding of the issues.”

Thomas began hosting the show half a decade ago, but he gave up his drive-time mix of politics and current affairs when he began his successful campaign for the District E seat in July.

Veteran broadcaster Sally-Ann Roberts took over the morning show, but Jeff Thomas, one of the station’s owners (who is not related to Oliver) said it was always the plan for Oliver Thomas to resume hosting duties.

“He is an incredible talk-show host and has a wealth of knowledge that the citizens of New Orleans are going to benefit from,” said Jeff Thomas. “Sally-Ann did us a great favor by filling in, but win or lose, we knew that Oliver wanted to come back.”

Other elected officials in Louisiana have straddled, or in some cases crossed over, the line between media and politics in recent years. Gov. John Bel Edwards has an unpaid monthly call-in radio show where he fields questions from Louisianans about state government. In 2017, Newell Normand left his high-profile position as Jefferson Parish sheriff to become a radio host on WWL-AM.

WBOK asked the Louisiana Ethics Board on Dec. 29 for an advisory opinion on whether Thomas’s return could run afoul of any ethics rules. Jeff Thomas said the station has received “preliminary” word that it won’t, but the formal request is pending.

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The board has a March 4 hearing on the question, according to Kathleen Allen, the state ethics administrator.

“It would be premature for me to give any sort of answer given the question pending before the board,” said Allen. “There are other, similar-type opinions. The board will look at the sections of law that are referenced in those to see if it applies.”

Oliver Thomas said an unfavorable opinion would mark the end of his time as a host. Neither City Hall, nor any other topics, will be off-limits when the councilman gets back behind the mic, Jeff Thomas said.

+9 New Orleans East, facing carjacking epidemic, has city’s slowest police response times Sharon Varnado left her Little Woods neighborhood in New Orleans East three years ago, and she hasn’t looked back.

“He’s free to talk freely, and we encourage him to be open and transparent,” he said.

The morning drive-time slot is one of the most coveted in talk radio. Oliver Thomas was one of the few holdovers when the venerable AM station, known as Louisiana’s oldest Black-owned outlet, was acquired in 2020 by a group including actor Wendell Pierce and local businessmen.

City Council members are allowed to hold outside employment and several have supplemented their $93,504 annual salary by doing so in recent years.

District A Councilmember Joe Giarrusso draws income from his outside work for a law firm.

Former at-large Councilmember Jason Williams was a criminal defense attorney while he chaired the council’s criminal justice committee.