Daily Almanac: May 18, 2022
Sunrise/Sunset:
RISE: 6:26 a.m.
SET: 8:55 p.m.
High/Low Temperatures:
High: 73 °F
Low: 60 °F
Today is…:
• I Love Reese’s Day
• World Stationary Day
• No Dirty Dishes Day
What Happened On This Day:
• 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte is appointed Emperor of the French
• 1927 45 people die in the United States’ worst school massacre
• 1980 Mount St. Helens erupts
Births On This Day:
• 1897 Frank Capra
Italian/American director, producer, screenwriter
• 1920 Pope John Paul II
Deaths On This Day:
• 1799 Pierre Beaumarchais
French playwright
• 1911 Gustav Mahler
Austrian composer