Daily Almanac: Jan. 21, 2022
Sunrise/Sunset
RISE: 8:05 a.m.
SET: 5:54 p.m.
High/Low Temperatures
High: 27°F
Low: 10°F
Wacky Holiday Today
• Squirrel Appreciation Day
• National Hugging Day
• International Sweatpants Day
What Happened On This Day
• 1899 Opel builds its first automobile
• 1968 The Battle of Khe Sanh begins
Births On This Day
• 1824 Stonewall Jackson
American general
• 1963 Hakeem Olajuwon
Nigerian/American basketball player
Deaths On This Day
• 1950 George Orwell
English author
• 1997 Colonel Tom Parker
Dutch/American talent manager