Daily Almanac: Aug. 20, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:00 a.m.     

SET: 8:33 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

High: 83 °F

Low: 65 °F

Today is…:

• Break the Monotony Day

• International Homeless Animals’ Day

• National Lemonade Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1975 Viking 1 is launched by NASA using a Titan launch vehicle

• 1988 The Iran-Iraq War comes to an end after 7 years

• 1993 Oslo accords negotiations conclude

Births On This Day:

• 1890 H. P. Lovecraft

American writer

• 1935 Ron Paul

American physician, author, politician

Deaths On This Day:

• 1914 Pope Pius X

• 1915 Paul Ehrlich

German physician, Nobel Prize laureate