Daily Almanac: Sept. 29, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:38 a.m.

SET: 7:29 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

High: 67 °F

Low: 42 °F

Today is…:

• Broadway Musicals Day

• National Biscotti Day

• VFW Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1789 First United States Congress adjourns

• 1990 Construction of the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (or Washington National Cathedral) is completed in Washington D.C.

• 2005 John Roberts is confirmed as Chief Justice

Births On This Day:

• 1901 Enrico Fermi

Italian physicist and Nobel Prize laureate

• 1936 Silvio Berlusconi

Italian politician, 50th Prime Minister of Italy

Deaths On This Day:

• 1981 Bill Shankly

Scottish footballer and manager

• 1997 Roy Lichtenstein

American painter and sculptor