Daily Almanac: Sept. 23, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:32 a.m.

SET: 7:39 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

High: 64 °F

Low: 45 °F

Today is…:

• National Checkers Day

• Native American Day

• Teal Talk Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1889 Nintendo is founded

• 1909 Phantom of the Opera makes its literary debut

• 1952 Richard Nixon makes his Checkers Speech

Births On This Day:

• 1930 Ray Charles

American singer-songwriter, pianist, actor

• 1949 Bruce Springsteen

American singer-songwriter, guitarist

Deaths On This Day:

• 1973 Pablo Neruda

Chilean poet, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1994 Robert Bloch

American author