Daily Almanac: Aug. 24, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:04 a.m.

SET: 8:27 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

High: 86 °F

Low: 62 °F

Today is…:

• Vesuvius Day

• National Waffle Day

• International Strange Music Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1814 The British burn down Washington

• 1949 NATO is established

• 2006 Pluto is declassified as a planet

Births On This Day:

• 1929 Yasser Arafat

Palestinian engineer, politician

• 1957 Stephen Fry

English comedian, actor, journalist, author

Deaths On This Day:

• 2014 Richard Attenborough

English director

• 2015 Justin Wilson

English race car driver