Daily Almanac: Feb. 9, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:44 a.m.
SET: 6:12 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 60 °F
LOW: 33 °F

Today is…:

• Chocolate Day
• National Develop Alternative Vices Day
• Pizza Pie Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1825 After no candidate wins a majority of electoral votes in the 1824 presidential election, the House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams as the 6th President in a contingent election
• 1895 William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which comes to be known as volleyball
• 1950 Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the US State Department of being filled with Communists

Births On This Day:

• 1737 Thomas Paine
English/American theorist and author
• 1942 Carole King
American singer-songwriter and pianist

Deaths On This Day:

• 1881 Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian author
• 1981 Bill Haley
American singer-songwriter and musician