Daily Almanac: Oct. 14, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:53 a.m.
SET: 7:05 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 62 °F
LOW: 38 °F

Today is…:

• National Dessert Day
• national lowercase day
• World Standards Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1774 The First Continental Congress denounces the British Parliament’s Intolerable Acts and demands British concessions
• 1912 President Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank; with the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech
• 1947 First human to fly faster than the speed of sound

Births On This Day:

• 1644 William Penn
English businessman and founder of Pennsylvania
• 1978 Usher
American singer-songwriter, dancer and actor

Deaths On This Day:

• 1977 Bing Crosby
American singer and actor
• 1990 Leonard Bernstein
American conductor, pianist and composer