Daily Almanac: Nov. 17, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:31 a.m.
SET: 5:26 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 34 °F
LOW: 26 °F

Today is…:

• Electronic Greeting Card Day
• International Students’ Day
• National Rural Health Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1954 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the Iwo Jima memorial in Arlington Ridge Park
• 1958 The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston
• 1975 The 729-foot-long freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board

Births On This Day:

• 1942 Martin Scorsese
American director, producer, screenwriter and actor
• 1964 Susan Rice
American diplomat and 27th US Ambassador to the UN

Deaths On This Day:

• 1796 Catherine the Great
Russian wife of Peter III of Russia
• 1917 Auguste Rodin
French sculptor and creator of The Thinker