Daily Almanac: Sept. 15, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:25 a.m.

SET: 7:52 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

High: 84 °F

Low: 59 °F

Today is…:

• Greenpeace Day

• International Day of Democracy

• World Afro Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1935 Nuremberg laws instituted by the Nazi party are put into force

• 1963 A Ku Klux Klan bomb planted in a Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama kills 4 young African-American girls

• 2008 Lehman Brothers file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

Births On This Day:

• 1254 Marco Polo

Italian explorer

• 1946 Oliver Stone

American director, screenwriter, producer

Deaths On This Day:

• 1938 Thomas Wolfe

American author

• 2017 Harry Dean Stanton

American actor