Daily Almanac: Nov. 16, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:30 a.m.
SET: 5:26 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 38 °F
LOW: 32 °F

Today is…:

• Geographic Information Systems Day
• International Day for Tolerance
• National Button Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1871 The National Rifle Association of America receives its charter from New York State
• 1914 The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens
• 1938 LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel, Switzerland

Births On This Day:

• 42 Tiberius
Roman Emperor
• 1977 Maggie Gyllenhaal
American actress

Deaths On This Day:

• 1960 Clark Gable
American actor
• 2006 Milton Friedman
American economist and Nobel Prize laureate