Daily Almanac: March 19, 2021

Sunrise/Sunset

RISE: 7:53 a.m.     

SET: 7:59 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures

High: 48 °F

Low: 44 °F

Wacky Holiday Today

• Certified Nurses Day

• National Corndog Day

• National Quilting Day

What Happened On This Day

• 1962 Bob Dylan releases his first album

• 1945 Adolf Hitler orders the destruction of all industries in Germany

• 1911 The first International Women’s Day is observed by over 1 million people in several European countries

Births On This Day

• 1848 Wyatt Earp

American police officer

• 1821 Richard Francis Burton

English soldier, geographer, diplomat

Deaths On This Day

• 1939 Lloyd L. Gaines

American activist

• 2008 Arthur C. Clarke

English author