Daily Almanac: July 8, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 6:22 a.m.     

SET: 9:15 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

High:  86 °F

Low:  73 °F

Today is…:

• Be a Kid Again Day

• Collector Car Appreciation Day

• World Kebab Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1777 Vermont abolishes slavery

• 1889 Wall Street Journal published for the first time

• 1994 Kim Jong-il takes office as the Supreme Leader of North Korea

Births On This Day:

• 1839 John D. Rockefeller

American businessman, philanthropist, founded Standard Oil Company

• 1908 Nelson Rockefeller

American politician, 41st Vice President of the United States

Deaths On This Day:

• 1967 Vivien Leigh

English actress

• 2011 Betty Ford

American wife of Gerald R. Ford, 40th First Lady of the United States