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Daily Almanac: Jan. 12, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset

RISE: 8:09 a.m.

SET: 5:44 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures

High: 46 °F

Low: 28 °F

Wacky Holiday Today

• International Kiss a Ginger Day

• National Hot Tea Day

• Curried Chicken Day

What Happened On This Day

• 1991 The U.S. Congress votes for war in Iraq

• 1969 Led Zeppelin releases their debut album

• 2010 An earthquake kills 316,000 in Haiti

Births On This Day

• 1876 Jack London

American author

• 1968 Heather Mills

English model, activist

Deaths On This Day

• 1976 Agatha Christie

English author

• 2003 Maurice Gibb

English singer-songwriter