Daily Almanac: Aug. 17, 2022
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Sunrise/Sunset:
RISE: 6:57 a.m.
SET: 8:37 p.m.
High/Low Temperatures:
High: 82 °F
Low: 60 °F
Today is…:
• Baby Boomers Recognition Day
• National Nonprofit Day
• Balloon Airmail Day
What Happened On This Day:
• 1585 Group of colonists lands in New World to create Roanoke
• 1945 Novella Animal Farm by George Orwell is first published
• 2008 Michael Phelps earns his 8th Gold Medal in the 2008 Olympics
Births On This Day:
• 1786 Davy Crockett
American soldier, politician
• 1960 Sean Penn
American actor, director
Deaths On This Day:
• 1786 Frederick the Great
Prussian king
• 1935 Charlotte Perkins Gilman
American sociologist, novelist