Daily Almanac: Dec. 8, 2021
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Sunrise/Sunset
RISE: 7:57 a.m.
SET: 5:22 p.m.
High/Low Temperatures
High: 38 °F
Low: 26 °F
Wacky Holiday Today
• National Brownie Day
• National Lard Day
What Happened On This Day
• 1941 U.S. enters WWII
• 1991 Creation of Commonwealth of Independent States
Births On This Day
• 1982 Nicki Minaj
Trinidadian/American rapper
• 1943 Jim Morrison
American singer-songwriter
Deaths On This Day
• 1980 John Lennon
English singer-songwriter
• 2004 Dimebag Darrell
American guitarist