Daily Almanac: Aug. 17, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 6:57 a.m.

SET: 8:37 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

High: 82 °F

Low: 60 °F

Today is…:

• Baby Boomers Recognition Day

• National Nonprofit Day

• Balloon Airmail Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1585 Group of colonists lands in New World to create Roanoke

• 1945 Novella Animal Farm by George Orwell is first published

• 2008 Michael Phelps earns his 8th Gold Medal in the 2008 Olympics

Births On This Day:

• 1786 Davy Crockett

American soldier, politician

• 1960 Sean Penn

American actor, director

Deaths On This Day:

• 1786 Frederick the Great

Prussian king

• 1935 Charlotte Perkins Gilman

American sociologist, novelist