Good afternoon. 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 Tuesday, the 14th day of July and the 194th 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 29th day of Tammuz in the year 5786.
We are under a new moon. At the time you accessed this page, its exact age was 0 days, 6 hours, and 26 minutes. We will be under a new moon again on Wednesday, August 12th at 9:11 PM. 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
6:24 AM
and
8:24 PM,
giving us exactly 14 hours of daylight.
On this day in 1911, Harry Atwood, a test pilot for the Wright Brothers, landed his airplane on the south lawn of the White House. He later received a medal for the feat.
Today we celebrate the birthdays of Frederick L. Maytag (1857), Gustav Klimt (1862), William Hanna (1910), Woody Guthrie (1912), Gerald R. Ford (1913), Arthur Laurents (1917), Ingmar Bergman (1918), Dale Robertson (1923), Harry Dean Stanton (1926), John Chancellor (1927), Polly Bergen (1930), Rosey Grier (1932), Maulana Karenga (1941), and Tommy Mottola (1949).
Today in History: The New York Times Gets it Wrong
On this day in 1934 the New York Times proclaimed that Babe Ruth's 700 career home run record would stand for all time. Ruth went on to hit eight more that season, then brought the total to 714 in the 1935 season, after which he retired.
For the next 39 seasons the 714 record held, but at the close of the 1973 season, Hank Aaron's home run count was up to 713. In the 1974 season, he added another 20 home runs, breaking Ruth's record. At the close of his last season in 1976, his total stood at 755. Then, after a 22 season career on the field, Barry Bonds ended the 2007 season with 762 career home runs, a record which stands to date, but will certainly be broken if history indeed repeats itself [and it does].
Yes, Virginia, the New York Times got it wrong [and they continue to], but regarding baseball history, they were by no means the first. In 1919, Tris Speaker, later inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame, said of Babe Ruth, "Taking the best left-handed pitcher in baseball and converting him into a right fielder is one of the dumbest things I ever heard."
And here are a few more statistics for Ruth, Aaron, and Bonds...
| Player | Starting Team | Ending Team | First Season / Salary | Last Season / Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruth | Boston Red Socks | Boston Braves | 1916 / $2,000 | 1935 / $35,000 |
| Aaron | Milwaukee Braves | Milwaukee Brewers | 1954 / Free Agent | 1976 / $240,000 |
| Bonds | Pittsburgh Pirates | San Francisco Giants | 1986 / $60,000 | 2007 / $15,800,000 |
• I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.
• I remember when I first came to Washington. For the first six months you wonder how the hell you ever got here. For the next six months you wonder how the hell the rest of them ever got here.
Harry S Truman
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