Daily Almanac: March 04, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset

RISE: 7:16 a.m.     

SET: 6:43 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures

High:  53°F

Low:  28°F

Wacky Holiday Today

• Employee Appreciation Day

• Dress In Blue Day

What Happened On This Day

• 1789 The U.S. Constitution is put into effect

• 1918 The first documented cases of the Spanish flu herald a deadly worldwide pandemic

Births On This Day

• 1950 Rick Perry

American politician, 47th Governor of Texas

• 1951 Chris Rea

English singer-songwriter, guitarist

Deaths On This Day

• 2008 Gary Gygax

American game designer, writer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons

• 1811 Mariano Moreno

Argentinian lawyer, journalist, politician