Daily Almanac: Jan. 14, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset

RISE: 8:04 a.m.
SET: 5:41 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 37 °F
LOW: 26 °F

Today is…

• Caesarean Section Day
• International Kite Day
• Ratification Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1639 The “Fundamental Orders”, the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut
• 1911 Roald Amundsen’s South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf
• 1967 The Human Be-In takes place in San Francisco, California’s Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love

Births On This Day

• 1963 Steven Soderbergh
American director, screenwriter and producer
• 1969 Dave Grohl
American singer-songwriter, musician and director

Deaths On This Day

• 1977 Anthony Eden
British politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 2016 Alan Rickman
English actor