Daily Almanac: Dec. 20, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:
RISE: 8:01 a.m.
SET: 5:21 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:
HIGH: 39 °F
LOW: 26 °F

Today is…:

• Dot Your I’s Day
• Go Caroling Day
• Sacagawea Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1803 The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans
• 1860 South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States
• 2007 Elizabeth II becomes the oldest monarch in the history of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years, 243 days

Births On This Day:

• 1868 Harvey Samuel Firestone
American businessman and founder of the Firestone Tire, Rubber Company
• 1976 Aubrey Huff
American baseball player

Deaths On This Day:

• 1812 Sacagawea
Lemhi Shoshone member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
• 1996 Carl Sagan
American astronomer and author