Daily Almanac: Jan. 18, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 8:02 a.m.
SET: 5:46 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 50 °F
LOW: 35 °F

Today is…:

• Maintenance Day
• Museum Selfie Day
• Winnie the Pooh Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1778 James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the “Sandwich Islands”
• 1911 Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship
• 1993 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 US states

Births On This Day:

• 1892 Oliver Hardy
American comedian and actor
• 1955 Kevin Costner
American actor, singer, director and producer

Deaths On This Day:

• 1862 John Tyler
American lawyer, politician and 10th President of the US
• 1936 Rudyard Kipling
English author, poet and Nobel Prize laureate