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Daily Almanac: Jan. 18, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset
RISE: 8:06 a.m.
SET: 5:50 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures
High: 45 °F
Low: 23 °F

Wacky Holiday Today
• Winnie the Pooh Day
• National Gourmet Coffee Day
• Printing Ink Day

What Happened On This Day
• 1943 Insurgents in the Warsaw Ghetto take up arms against the German oppressors
• 1886 Modern hockey is born
• 1919 The Paris Peace Conference opens

Births On This Day
• 1955 Kevin Costner
American actor, singer, director, producer
• 1892 Oliver Hardy
American comedian, actor

Deaths On This Day
• 1862 John Tyler
American lawyer, politician, 10th President of the United States
• 2011 Sargent Shriver
American politician, 21st United States Ambassador to France