Daily Almanac: March 08, 2022
Sunrise/Sunset
RISE: 7:06 a.m.
SET: 6:43 p.m.
High/Low Temperatures
High: 45 °F
Low: 28 °F
Wacky Holiday Today
• International Women’s Day
• National Proofreading Day
What Happened On This Day
• 1817 The New York Stock Exchange is founded
• 1971 In the Fight of the Century, Joe Frazier triumphs over Muhammad Ali
• 1979 The compact disc is presented to the public
Births On This Day
• 1841 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
American jurist
• 1952 George Allen
American politician, 67th Governor of Virginia
Deaths On This Day
• 1930 William Howard Taft
American politician, 27th President of the United States
• 1999 Joe DiMaggio
American baseball player