Daily Almanac: Aug. 5, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 6:46 a.m.     

SET: 8:53 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

High: 86 °F

Low: 71 °F

Today is…:

• Braham Pie Day

• International Beer Day

• Work Like a Dog Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1962 Nelson Mandela is arrested and jailed

• 1962 Marilyn Monroe found dead at her home from a drug overdose

• 1981 President Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers

Births On This Day:

• 1930 Neil Armstrong

American pilot, engineer, astronaut, first person to walk on the moon

• 1968 Marine Le Pen

French politician

Deaths On This Day:

• 1895 Friedrich Engels

German philosopher

• 1991 Paul Brown

American football coach, executive