Daily Almanac: October 25, 2023
Sunrise/Sunset:
RISE: 8:07 a.m.
SET: 6:55 p.m.
High/Low Temperatures:
HIGH: 76 °F
LOW: 61 °F
Today is…:
• Lung Health Day
• Punk for a Day, Day
• World Pasta Day
What Happened On This Day:
• 1983 Invasion of Grenada. A U.S. led invasion called Operation Urgent Fury was triggered by a coup that ended with the murder of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop. The invasion ended with U.S. victory.
• 1940 First African-American made general in US military. Benjamin Oliver Davis became the first African-American general in the United States Army.
• 1760 George III starts his reign. George III started his reign as the King of Great Britain and Ireland.
Births On This Day:
• 1940 Bob Knight
American basketball player, coach
• 1881 Pablo Picasso
Spanish painter, sculptor
Deaths On This Day:
• 1955 Sadako Sasaki
Japanese victim of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima, Nagasaki
• 1400 Geoffrey Chaucer
English poet