Daily Almanac: Jan. 27, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset

RISE: 7:57 a.m.
SET: 5:56 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 36 °F
LOW: 18 °F

Today is…

• National Big Wig Day
• National Geographic Day
• Vietnam Peace Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 98 Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent
• 1825 Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the “Trail of Tears”
• 1973 The Paris Peace Accords officially ends the Vietnam War; Colonel William Nolde is the conflict’s last recorded American combat casualty

Births On This Day:

• 1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer
• 1832 Lewis Carroll
English author

Deaths On This Day:

• 2008 Suharto
Indonesian soldier, politician and 2nd President of Indonesia
• 2014 Pete Seeger
American singer-songwriter and guitarist