Good morning. This website is a demonstration of smart content rendering. The content updates continuously without the help of Internet monkeys. All the information was current at the time you arrived here. Today is Saturday, the 11th day of July and the 191st day of 2026. Most of the United States is under Daylight Saving Time (DST) at the moment. It will end on November 1st at 2:00 AM when clocks "fall back" one hour. While many countries observe DST, the beginning and ending times vary, as with the Sun as we see it, of course.
On the Jewish calendar, today is the 26th day of Tammuz in the year 5786.
We are under a waning crescent moon. At the time you accessed this page, its exact age was 26 days, 16 hours, and 7 minutes. We will be under a new moon again on Tuesday, July 14th at 8:27 AM. The next full moon will occur on Wednesday, July 29th at 2:49 AM. For now, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter are visible in the night sky. Mercury can be seen in the eastern sky just before dawn. Looking into the night sky, far beyond our Lunar and Solar System neighbors, we see that we are under the constellation of Cancer.
For today, our sunrise and sunset times (at -96.852/32.847) are
6:22 AM
and
8:25 PM,
giving us 14 hours and 3 minutes of daylight.
On this day in 1914, Babe Ruth made his debut in Major League Baseball.
Today we celebrate the birthdays of John Quincy Adams (1767), John Wanamaker (1838), E.B. White (1899), Harry von Zell (1906), Yul Brynner (1920), Yogi Berra (1925), Ralph D Abernathy (1926), Tab Hunter (1931), Giorgio Armani (1934), Adrienne Barbeau (1945), Bonnie Pointer (1950), Leon Spinks (1953), Vince Williams (1955), Mark Lester (1958), Suzanne Vega (1959), Richie Sambora (1959), Lisa Rinna (1965), Marie Serneholt (1983), and Jonah Sartain (1986).
Today in History: Prime Time Americana
It was on this day in 1989 that Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California, the home of the California Angels of the American League, was the venue for the 60th Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 5-3. The game is remembered for Bo Jackson's monstrous lead-off home run to center field. Jackson was named the game's MVP. The game also featured former U.S. President and baseball announcer Ronald Reagan sharing the NBC broadcast booth with Vin Scully for the first inning.
The pregame ceremonies featured Disney characters joining the year's players in sprinting onto the field for the introduction of the starting lineups. Doc Severinsen later led the Tonight Show band in the playing of the Canadian and U.S. national anthems. Severinsen and the Tonight Show Band's performance of the U.S. National Anthem was the last non-vocal performance of the Anthem at the All-Star Game to date. The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by longtime Angels coach Jimmie Reese. (Source: Wikipedia)
The 1989 All-Star Game was not a new experience for the vast majority of the players, and quite a few were seasoned veterans. It was the 12th game for Mike Schmidt (Phillies), the 9th for Ozzie Smith (Cardinals), the 8th for Nolan Ryan (Rangers), the 7th for Cal Ripken (Orioles), Don Mattingly (Yankees) and Andre Dawson (Cubs), and the 6th for Willie Randolph (Dodgers), Darryl Strawberry (Mets) and Ryne Sandberg (Cubs). Schmidt, Smith, Ryan, Ripken and Sandberg have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
And it was on this great baseball day that Yogi Berra celebrated his 69th birthday. Yogi, born in 1925 to Italian immigrant parents, grew up in St. Louis where he began playing baseball as a kid in the hood. In an amazing coincidental circumstance, he lived across the street from Joe Garagiola, who was nine years his senior. No doubt, Berra learned much from Garagiola. Aside from baseball, the two had much in common, including the Republican bent. In fact, Garagiola watched election returns with Gerald Ford in 1976 when he was defeated by the peanut farmer from Georgia. Berra is a recipient of the Boy Scouts of America's highest adult award, the Silver Buffalo Award. His last visit to the White House was at the invitation of President Bush II. Yogi Berra was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously on November 24, 2015, by President Barack Obama in recognition of his military service and remarkable contributions to baseball and society. His influence on American culture has given us pithy comments and witticisms, known as Yogiisms, the most famous perhaps being, "It ain't over until it's over." Scroll to the bottom of the page to see his advice on funerary etiquette. It's priceless.
Always go to other people's funerals. Otherwise, they won't come to yours.
Yogi Berra (1925-2015),
born on this day 101 years ago in the Hill Neighborhood, St. Louis, Missouri
The Technology
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