Daily Almanac: Dec. 15, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:58 a.m.
SET: 5:19 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 45 °F
LOW: 32 °F

Today is…:

• Bill of Rights Day
• International Tea Day
• National Lemon Cupcake Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1791 The Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly
• 1939 Gone with the Wind premieres at Loew’s Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia
• 1970 Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 successfully lands on Venus, the first successful soft landing on another planet

Births On This Day:

• 37 Nero
Roman Emperor
• 1907 Oscar Niemeyer
Brazilian architect and designer of the United Nations Headquarters and Cathedral of Brasília

Deaths On This Day:

• 1966 Walt Disney
American animator, director, screenwriter, producer and co-founder of The Company
• 2010 Bob Feller
American baseball player