Daily Almanac: Feb. 15, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:37 a.m.
SET: 6:19 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 68 °F
LOW: 50 °F

Today is…:

• Annoy Squidward Day
• National I Want Botterscotch Day
• St. Skeletor’s Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1879 President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court
• 1989 The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan
• 1992 Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is sentenced in Milwaukee to 15 terms of life in prison

Births On This Day:

• 1564 Galileo Galilei
Italian astronomer and physicist
• 1954 Matt Groening
American animator, screenwriter and producer

Deaths On This Day:

• 1965 Nat King Cole
American singer, pianist and television host
• 1988 Richard Feynman
American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate