Daily Almanac: Oct. 21, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 8:01 a.m.
SET: 6:55 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 70 °F
LOW: 43 °F

Today is…:

• ‘Back to the Future’ Day
• Count Your Buttons day
• World Student Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1824 Portland cement, the most commonly used cement, is patented
• 1940 First edition of the Ernest Hemingway’s novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published
• 1959 In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public

Births On This Day:

• 1949 Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli politician and 9th Prime Minister of Israel
• 1980 Kim Kardashian
American model and actress

Deaths On This Day:

• 1969 Jack Kerouac
American author and poet
• 2012 George McGovern
American politician, historian and author