Daily Almanac: Jan. 17, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:
RISE: 8:03 a.m.
SET: 5:45 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:
HIGH: 48 °F
LOW: 44 °F

Today is…:

• Ben Franklin Day
• National Classy Day
• Printing Ink Day

What Happened On This Day:
• 1912 British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen
• 1920 Prohibition begins in the US as the Volstead Act goes into effect
• 1977 Capital punishment in the United States resumes after a ten-year hiatus, as convicted murderer Gary Gilmore is executed by firing squad in Utah

Births On This Day:

• 1706 Benjamin Franklin
American politician, scientist, publisher and 6th President of Pennsylvania
• 1942 Muhammad Ali
American boxer
• 1962 Jim Carrey
Canadian/American actor and producer

Deaths On This Day:

• 1893 Rutherford Hayes
American politician and 19th President of the US
• 2008 Bobby Fischer
American chess player