Daily Almanac: Sept. 1, 2022
Sunrise/Sunset:
RISE: 7:11 a.m.
SET: 8:15 p.m.
High/Low Temperatures:
High: 87 °F
Low: 61 °F
Today is…:
• American Chess Day
• National Burnt Ends Day
• National Burnt Ends Day
What Happened On This Day:
• 1914 Passenger Pigeons become extinct
• 1952 Life magazine publishes parts of The Old Man and the Sea
• 1985 The wreck of Titanic is found in the North Atlantic Ocean
Births On This Day:
• 1946 Roh Moo-hyun
South Korean politician, 16th President of South Korea
• 1957 Gloria Estefan
Cuban/American singer-songwriter, actress
Deaths On This Day:
• 1715 Louis XIV of France
• 2013 Tommy Morrison
American boxer