Daily Almanac: Sept. 3, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:13 a.m.

SET: 8:12 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

High: 88 °F

Low: 68 °F

Today is…

• International Bacon Day

• National Skyscraper Day

• World Beard Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1783 Treaty of Paris is signed between Great Britain and the United States of America, ending the Revolutionary War

• 1995 Internet giant eBay is founded by Pierre Omidyar

• 1939 France, the UK, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland

Births On This Day:

• 1875 Ferdinand Porsche

Austrian/German engineer, businessman, founded Porsche

• 1929 Whitey Bulger

American mobster

Deaths On This Day:

• 1929 Whitey Bulger

American mobster

• 2005 William Rehnquist

16th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court