Daily Almanac: Nov. 23, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:38 a.m.
SET: 5:22 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 56 °F
LOW: 31 °F

Today is…:

• Sigd
• Fibonacci Day
• Blackout Wednesday

What Happened On This Day:

• 1924 Edwin Hubble’s discovery that the Andromeda “nebula” is actually another island galaxy far outside our own Milky Way is first published in The New York Times
• 1991 Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury announces in a statement that he is HIV-positive; he dies the following day
• 1992 The first smartphone, the IBM Simon, is introduced at COMDEX in Las Vegas

Births On This Day:

• 1950 Chuck Schumer
American politician
• 1992 Miley Cyrus
American singer-songwriter and actress

Deaths On This Day:

• 1990 Roald Dahl
English pilot, author and screenwriter
• 2006 Willie Pep
American boxer