Daily Almanac: Aug. 10, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 6:50 a.m.

SET: 8:47 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

High: 82 °F

Low: 67 °F

Today is…:

• Smithsonian Day

• International Vlogging Day

• National Spoil Your Dog Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1675 The foundation stone for the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England is laid

• 1821 Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.

• 2003 First person to get married while in space

Births On This Day:

• 1874 Herbert Hoover

American politician, 31st President of the United States

• 1971 Roy Keane

Irish footballer

Deaths On This Day:

• 1896 Otto Lilienthal

German pilot, engineer

• 1945 Robert H. Goddard

American physicist, inventor