Daily Almanac: Sept. 22, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:31 a.m.

SET: 7:40 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

High: 70 °F

Low: 60 °F

Today is…:

• First Day of Fall

• Business Women’s Day

• Hobbit Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1692 The last hanging of those convicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials

• 1910 The Duke of York’s Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain

• 1980 Iran-Iraq War begins with Iraq invading Iran

Births On This Day:

• 1791 Michael Faraday

English scientist

• 1958 Andrea Bocelli

Italian tenor, songwriter, producer

Deaths On This Day:

• 1961 Marion Davies

American actress

• 1989 Irving Berlin

American composer