Daily Almanac: March 18, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset

RISE: 7:50 a.m.      

SET: 7:54 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures

High:  63 °F

Low:  50 °F

Wacky Holiday Today

• World Sleep Day

• National Sloppy Joe Day

• Forgive Mom and Dad Day

What Happened On This Day

• 1892 Lord Stanley of Preston pledges to donate a challenge cup for the best ice hockey team in Canada

• 1962 The Évian Accords are signed, ending the Algerian War

Births On This Day

• 1837 Grover Cleveland

American lawyer, politician, 22nd President of the United States

• 1932 John Updike

American author, poet, critic

Deaths On This Day

• 978 Edward the Martyr

English king

• 1913 George I of Greece