Daily Almanac: Feb. 11, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset

RISE: 7:42 a.m.
SET: 6:14 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 40 °F
LOW: 22 °F

Today is…

• Be Electrific Day
• Global Movie Day
• Promise Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1794 First session of US Senate opens to the public
• 1938 BBC Television produces the world’s first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term “robot”
• 1979 The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

Births On This Day

• 1847 Thomas Edison
American businessman who invented the light bulb and phonograph
• 1969 Jennifer Aniston
American actress, director and producer

Deaths On This Day

• 2010 Alexander McQueen
English fashion designer
• 2012 Whitney Houston
American singer, actress, producer and model