Daily Almanac: Sept. 8, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:18 a.m.

SET: 8:04 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

High: 83 °F

Low: 58 °F

Today is…:

• World Literacy Day

• National Ampersand Day

• National Dog Walker Appreciation Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1504 Michelangelo’s David is unveiled in Piazza della Signoria in Florence

• 1892 The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited

• 1935 Louisiana Senator Huey Long is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building

Births On This Day:

• 1922 Lyndon LaRouche

American politician and activist

• 1954 Ruby Bridges

American civil rights activist

Deaths On This Day:

• 1963 Maurice Wilks

English engineer and businessman

• 1997 Derek Taylor

English journalist and author