Daily Almanac: June 17, 2022
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Sunrise/Sunset:
RISE: 6:14 a.m.
SET: 9:15 p.m.
High/Low Temperatures:
High: 86 °F
Low: 70 °F
Today is…:
• Global Garbage Man Day
• National Flip Flop Day
• World Croc Day
What Happened On This Day:
• 1885 The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York
• 1928 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic
• 1972 The arrest of five White House operatives sets off the Watergate scandal
Births On This Day:
• 1945 Ken Livingstone
British politician
• 1980 Venus Williams
American tennis player
Deaths On This Day:
• 1996 Curt Swan
American illustrator
• 2012 Rodney King
American victim of police brutality