Daily Almanac: March 2, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset

RISE: 7:15 a.m.

SET: 6:37 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures

High: 62 °F

Low: 35 °F

Wacky Holiday Today

• International Rescue Cat Day

• Read Across America Day

What Happened On This Day

• 1969 Concorde takes off on its maiden flight

• 1959 Miles Davis records Kind of Blue

• 1933 The film King Kong premieres

Births On This Day

• 1962 Jon Bon Jovi

American singer-songwriter, guitarist

• 1904 Dr. Seuss

American author, poet, illustrator

Deaths On This Day

• 1982 Philip K. Dick

American author

• 1999 Dusty Springfield

English singer, producer