Daily Almanac: Oct. 19, 2021

Sunrise/Sunset

RISE: 8:03 a.m.

SET: 7:02 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures

High: 72 °F

Low: 47 °F

Wacky Holiday Today

• Dress Like a Dork Day

• Evaluate Your Life Day

What Happened On This Day

• 2005 Trial of Saddam Hussein Begins

• 1943 Streptomycin is Discovered

Births On This Day

• 1946 Philip Pullman

English author

• 1945 John Lithgow

American actor

Deaths On This Day

• 1682 Thomas Browne

English author

• 1893 Lucy Stone

American activist