Daily Almanac: July 5, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 6:21 a.m.

SET: 9:16 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

High: 95 °F

Low: 74 °F

Today is…:

• National Workaholics Day

• National Graham Cracker Day

• Mechanical Pencil Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1811 Venezuela declares independence from Spain

• 1975 Cape Verde gains independence from Portugal

• 1996 World’s first live cloned mammal is born

Births On This Day:

• 1810 P. T. Barnum

American businessman, founded Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey Circus

• 1853 Cecil Rhodes

English/South African businessman, politician, founded De Beers

Deaths On This Day:

• 1819 William Cornwallis

English Admiral

• 2006 Kenneth Lay

American businessman