Daily Almanac: Sept. 9, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:19 a.m.

SET: 8:02 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

High: 85 °F

Low: 58 °F

Today is…:

• International Sudoku Day

• Emergency Services

• Stand Up to Cancer Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1776 Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States

• 1791 Washington, D.C., the capital of the US, is named after President George Washington

• 1850 California is admitted as the thirty-first state

Births On This Day:

• 1828 Leo Tolstoy

Russian author

• 1890 Colonel Sanders

American businessman, founded KFC

Deaths On This Day:

• 1976 Mao Zedong

Chinese military leader, politician

• 1978 Jack Warner

Canadian/American film producer