Daily Almanac: Dec. 9, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset

RISE: 7:54 a.m.
SET: 5:18 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 46 °F
LOW: 36 °F

Today is…

• Christmas Card Day
• National Salesperson’s Day
• World Techno Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1872 In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African American governor following the impeachment of Henry C. Warmoth
• 1946 The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India
• 1960 The first episode of Coronation Street, the world’s longest-running television soap opera, is broadcast in the UK

Births On This Day:

• 1934 Judi Dench
English actress
• 1953 John Malkovich
American actor

Deaths On This Day:

• 1941 Dmitry Merezhkovsky
Russian author, poet and philosopher
• 2012 Patrick Moore
English astronomer and television host