Good morning! What day is it? Hump Day, of course. It is currently overcast and 33 degrees in Delmar. Today will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. Northwest wind 8 to 11 mph. More sun expected for Thursday and Friday.
Sunset tonight is at 5:30 PM for a total of 10 hours and 35 minutes of daylight. Twilight ends at 5:59 PM. Day length is definitely increasing, daylight savings time begins on March 13th.
Today in 1964, inΒ Wesberry v. SandersΒ theΒ Supreme Court of the United StatesΒ rules that congressionalΒ districts have to be approximately equal in population.
Today in 1972, cumulative sales of the Volkswagen Beetle exceeded the Ford Model T, making the German important car the most popular car ever made, a record maintained today.
Today on the energy and traffic front, in 2003 London introduced congestion pricing, charging drivers to drive downtown during the most congestion hours of the day, encouraging the use of public transit and reducing congestion.
Happy Birthday to the late Huey Newton who co-founded the Black Panther Party. And Happy Birthday to the late Gene Pitney who sung The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.