Daily Almanac: Jan. 24, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:
RISE: 7:59 a.m.
SET: 5:53 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:
HIGH: 39 °F
LOW: 30 °F

Today is…:
• Belly Laugh Day
• National Compliment Day

What Happened On This Day:
• 1848 James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter’s Mill near Sacramento, eventually setting off the California Gold Rush
• 1916 In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the US Supreme Court declares the federal income tax constitutional
• 1933 20th Amendment to the US Constitution is ratified, changing beginning and end of terms for all elected federal offices
• 1935 Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company starts selling the first canned beer

Births On This Day:

• 1941 Neil Diamond
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 Sharon Tate
American actress

Deaths On This Day:

• 1965 Winston Churchill
English politician, Prime Minister of the UK and Nobel Prize laureate
• 1986 L. Ron Hubbard
American religious leader, author and founder of the Church of Scientology
• 1989 Ted Bundy
American serial killer