Daily Almanac: Dec. 17, 2021

Sunrise/Sunset

RISE: 8:04 a.m.     

SET: 5:24 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures

High: 43 °F

Low: 30 °F

Wacky Holiday Today

• Wright Brothers Day

• Underdog Day

What Happened On This Day

• 1790 Discovery of the Aztec calendar stone

• 1989 First episode of The Simpsons aired

Births On This Day

• 1778 Humphry Davy

English chemist

• 1770 Ludwig van Beethoven

German pianist

Deaths On This Day

• 2011 Kim Jong-il

North Korean politician

• 2010 Captain Beefheart

American singer-songwriter