Daily Almanac: Sept. 1, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:11 a.m.

SET: 8:15 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

High: 87 °F

Low: 61 °F

Today is…:

• American Chess Day

• National Burnt Ends Day

• National Burnt Ends Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1914 Passenger Pigeons become extinct

• 1952 Life magazine publishes parts of The Old Man and the Sea

• 1985 The wreck of Titanic is found in the North Atlantic Ocean

Births On This Day:

• 1946 Roh Moo-hyun

South Korean politician, 16th President of South Korea

• 1957 Gloria Estefan

Cuban/American singer-songwriter, actress

Deaths On This Day:

• 1715 Louis XIV of France

• 2013 Tommy Morrison

American boxer