Daily Almanac: Jan. 3, 2021

Sunrise/Sunset

RISE: 8:10 a.m.     

SET: 5:36 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures

High: 32 °F

Low: 19 °F

Wacky Holiday Today

• Memento Mori

• Women Rock! Day

What Happened On This Day

• 1959 Alaska becomes the 49th U.S. state

• 1957 The first electric watch is available

Births On This Day

• 1956 Mel Gibson

American/Australian actor

• 1892 J. R. R. Tolkien

English philologist, author

Deaths On This Day

• 2010 Mary Daly

American philosopher

• 1967 Jack Ruby

American murderer