Daily Almanac: March 16, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:53 a.m.

SET: 7:52 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

High: 72 °F

Low: 43 °F

Wacky Holiday Today:

• Freedom of Information Day

• National Panda Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1968 U.S. troops massacre hundreds of unarmed civilians in My Lai, Vietnam

• 1926 Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fuel rocket

Births On This Day:

• 1912 Pat Nixon

39th First Lady of the US

• 1954 Nancy Wilson

American singer-songwriters

Deaths On This Day:

• 37 Tiberius

Roman Emperor

• 1983 Arthur Godfrey American radio, television host