In today's weather forecast we are expecting a mainly fine day, but with cloud and light rain at night. Also light winds.

It's a one-clothing layer day today with a high of 26 and an overnight low of 17 degrees.

Low tide is at 10.10am and high tide at 4.10pm. There's a sea swell of 0.4m, sea temperature is 22 degrees and sunset tonight is at 7.57pm.

If you're going fishing today, the best fish bite time is between 8.30am and 10.30am and 9pm and 11pm.

This day in NZ history in 1844 there were 'Pistols at dawn' resulting in a deadly duel in Wellington.

William Brewer died of wounds received during a pistol duel with another Wellington lawyer, H. Ross. The duel followed a quarrel over a case in the Wellington County Court.

In world history on this day in 1154 William the Bad succeeded his father, Roger, in Sicily. In 1790 as a result of the Revolution, France was divided into 83 departments. In 1914 Russian aviator Igor Sikorsky carried 17 passengers in a twin engine plane in St. Petersburg. In 1924 U.S. steel industry found an eight-hour day increases efficiency and employee relations.

In 1951 the 22nd Amendment was added to the US Constitution limiting the Presidency to two terms. In 1968 thirty-two African nations agreed to boycott the Olympics because of the presence of South Africa. In 1993 a bomb rocked the World Trade Center in New York City killing five people.

Today is the birthday of French novelist and poet Victor Hugo. Born in 1802, he wrote 'Les Misérables'. It is also the birthday of Levi Strauss. Born in 1829 he was the creator of blue jeans and once said "An expert knows all the answers - if you ask the right questions."

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Have a great day!