Daily Almanac: Dec. 2, 2022
Sunrise/Sunset:
RISE: 7:47 a.m.
SET: 5:18 p.m.
High/Low Temperatures:
HIGH: 50 °F
LOW: 30 °F
Today is…
• Bartender Appreciation Day
• Play Basketball Day
• Special Education Day
What Happened On This Day:
• 1804 At Notre Dame Cathedral, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French
• 1939 New York City’s LaGuardia Airport opens
• 1970 The US Environmental Protection Agency begins operations
Births On This Day:
• 1978 Nelly Furtado
Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1981 Britney Spears
American singer-songwriter, dancer and actress
Deaths On This Day:
• 1859 John Brown
American activist
• 1993 Pablo Escobar
Colombian drug lord and politician