Daily Almanac: Dec. 8, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:53 a.m.
SET: 5:18 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 48 °F
LOW: 40 °F

Today is…:

• National Brownie Day
• National Christmas Tree Day
• National Lard Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be “a date which will live in infamy” and Congress declares war on Japan
• 1980 John Lennon is murdered by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota in New York City
• 1990 The Galileo spacecraft flies past Earth for the first time

Births On This Day:

• 1943 Jim Morrison
American singer-songwriter and poet
• 1982 Nicki Minaj
Trinidadian/American rapper and actress

Deaths On This Day:

• 1903 Herbert Spencer
English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist and philosopher
• 1980 John Lennon
English singer-songwriter, musician and producer