Daily Almanac: March 9, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset

RISE: 7:09 a.m.

SET: 6:48 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures

High: 51 °F

Low: 32 °F

Wacky Holiday Today

• Barbie Day

• False Teeth Day

What Happened On This Day

• 1959 The Barbie doll goes on sale

• 2011 Space Shuttle Discovery completes its final mission

• 1931 The electron microscope is invented

Births On This Day

• 1915 Johnnie Johnson

English pilot

• 1943 Bobby Fischer

American chess player

Deaths On This Day

• 1997 The Notorious B.I.G.

American rapper

• 1996 George Burns

American actor