Daily Almanac: Aug. 30, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:09 a.m.

SET: 8:18 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

High: 85 °F

Low: 68 °F

Today is…:

• Frankenstein Day

• National Beach Day

• Touch-A-Heart Tuesday

What Happened On This Day:

• 1963 Telephone hotline between Washington DC and Moscow is established

• 1967 Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African-American appointed to U.S. Supreme Court

• 1984 Space Shuttle Discovery takes off on its maiden voyage

Births On This Day:

• 1893 Huey Long

American politician

• 1930 Warren Buffett

American businessman, philanthropist

Deaths On This Day:

• 2003 Charles Bronson

American actor

• 2013 Seamus Heaney

Irish poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate