Daily Almanac: Oct. 7, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:46 a.m.
SET: 7:16 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 59 °F
LOW: 48 °F

Today is…:

• Manufacturing Day

• National Forgiveness and Happiness Day

• World Smile Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1963 President Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

• 1996 Fox News Channel begins broadcasting

• 2001 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations

Births On This Day:

• 1931 Desmond Tutu
South African archbishop, activist and Nobel Prize laureate

• 1967 Toni Braxton
American singer-songwriter, producer and actress

Deaths On This Day:

• 1792 George Mason
American politician

• 1849 Edgar Allan Poe
American author, poet