Daily Almanac: Oct. 7, 2022
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Sunrise/Sunset:
RISE: 7:46 a.m.
SET: 7:16 p.m.
High/Low Temperatures:
HIGH: 59 °F
LOW: 48 °F
Today is…:
• Manufacturing Day
• National Forgiveness and Happiness Day
• World Smile Day
What Happened On This Day:
• 1963 President Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
• 1996 Fox News Channel begins broadcasting
• 2001 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations
Births On This Day:
• 1931 Desmond Tutu
South African archbishop, activist and Nobel Prize laureate
• 1967 Toni Braxton
American singer-songwriter, producer and actress
Deaths On This Day:
• 1792 George Mason
American politician
• 1849 Edgar Allan Poe
American author, poet