Daily Almanac: Jan. 22, 2021
Sunrise/Sunset
RISE: 8:04 a.m.
SET: 5:55 p.m.
High/Low Temperatures
High: 32 °F
Low: 14 °F
Wacky Holiday Today
• National Hot Sauce Day
• Local Quilt Shop Day
• National Polka Dot Day
What Happened On This Day
• 1973 The U.S. Supreme Court legalizes abortion
• 1970 The Boeing 747 takes off on its first scheduled flight
Births On This Day
• 1906 Robert E. Howard
American author
• 1788 Lord Byron
English poet
Deaths On This Day
• 2008 Heath Ledger
Australian actor, director
• 1973 Lyndon B. Johnson
American politician, 36th President of the United States