Daily Almanac: Jan. 10, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:
RISE: 8:05 a.m.
SET: 5:37 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:
HIGH: 51 °F
LOW: 34 °F

Today is…:

• Houseplant Appreciation Day
• Peculiar People Day
• Save the Eagles Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1812 The first steamboat on the Ohio River or the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans, 82 days after departing from Pittsburgh
• 1863 The Metropolitan Railway, the world’s oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the London Underground
• 1901 The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas

Births On This Day:

• 1945 Rod Stewart
English/Scottish singer-songwriter
• 1949 George Foreman
American boxer

Deaths On This Day:

• 1971 Coco Chanel
French fashion designer and founder of the Chanel Company
• 2016 David Bowie
English singer-songwriter, producer and actor