Daily Almanac: Dec. 13, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:
RISE: 7:57 a.m.
SET: 5:19 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:
HIGH: 45 °F
LOW: 30 °F

Today is…:

• Ice Cream Day
• National Day of the Horse
• National Violin Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1949 The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
• 1962 NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit
• 1974 North Vietnamese forces launch their 1975 Spring Offensive, leading to South Vietnam’s capitulation

Births On This Day:

• 1818 Mary Todd Lincoln
American wife of Abraham Lincoln and 17th First Lady of the U.S.
• 1989 Taylor Swift
American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actress

Deaths On This Day:

• 1204 Maimonides
Spanish rabbi and philosopher
• 1944 Wassily Kandinsky
Russian/French painter