Daily Almanac: Nov. 17, 2021

Sunrise/Sunset

RISE: 7:35 a.m.

SET: 5:29 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures

High: 65°F

Low: 57 °F

Wacky Holiday Today

• World Peace Day

• International Students’ Day

What Happened On This Day

•1869 Construction on Suez Canal finished

• 2003 Arnold Schwarzenegger sworn in as Californian Governor

Births On This Day

• 1942 Martin Scorsese

American director, producer

• 1978 Rachel McAdams

Canadian actress

Deaths On This Day

• 1558 Mary I of England

• 1796 Catherine the Great

Russian wife of Peter III of Russia