Daily Almanac: September 26, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:
RISE: 7:44 a.m.
SET: 7:28 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:
HIGH: 87 °F
LOW: 60 °F

Today is…:
• National Soft Taco Day
• National Techies Day
• Look at the Leaves Day

What Happened On This Day:
• 1995 OJ Simpson acquitted in the killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman. The former football player had been accused of murdering his ex-wife and her friend on June 13, 1994. The high profile case and the subsequent trial of Simpson captured widespread media and public attention in the United States and around the world.
• 1952 UK tests its first atomic bomb. Called Operation Hurricane the test was conducted near the Montebello Islands in Western Australia. The operation made the UK the third country to have nuclear weapons, the United States and the Soviet Union were the first two.
• 1849 Edgar Allen Poe seen in public for the last time. The Baltimore, Maryland-based American poet and author, best known for his poem The Raven was found sick and delirious on the streets and taken to Washington College Hospital, where he died a few days later. He was 40 years old at the time of his death.

Births On This Day:

• 1954 Al Sharpton

American minister, talk show host, activist

• 1925 Gore Vidal

American author, screenwriter, actor

Deaths On This Day:

• 2005 Ronnie Barker

English comedian, actor

• 1896 William Morris

English poet, designer