Daily Almanac: Dec. 1, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:46 a.m.
SET: 5:19 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 36 °F
LOW: 24 °F

Today is…:

• Civil Air Patrol Day
• National Pie Day
• World AIDS Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1862 In his State of the Union Address, President Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation
• 1865 Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, NC
• 1969 Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II

Births On This Day:

• 1935 Woody Allen
American screenwriter, director and actor
• 1970 Sarah Silverman
American comedian, actress and singer

Deaths On This Day:

• 1825 Alexander I of Russia
• 1973 David Ben-Gurion
Israeli politician and 1st Prime Minister of Israel