Daily Almanac: July 12, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 6:25 a.m.

SET: 9:13 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

High: 86 °F

Low: 70 °F

Today is…:

• Cow Appreciation Day

• National Pecan Pie Day

• Paper Bag Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1962 First performance of the Rolling Stones

• 1967 Race riots break out in Newark, New Jersey, killing 26 people and injuring several others

• 1984 Walter F. Mondale Names Geraldine A. Ferraro as Running Mate in Presidential Election

Births On This Day:

• 1817 Henry David Thoreau

American writer, philosopher

• 1904 Pablo Neruda

Chilean poet, Nobel Prize laureate

Deaths On This Day:

• 1804 Alexander Hamilton

Nevisian/American economist, politician, philosopher, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury

• 2013 Amar Bose

American sound engineer, entrepreneur