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Daily Almanac: April 19, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:03 a.m.

SET: 8:30 p.m.­­

High/Low Temperatures:

High: 53 °F

Low: 33 °F

Wacky Holiday Today:

• Bicycle Day

• National Amaretto Day

• National Garlic Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1995 168 die in the Oklahoma City bombing

• 1987 The first installment of The Simpsons is aired

• 1775 The American Revolutionary War begins

Births On This Day:

• 1987 Maria Sharapova

Russian tennis player

• 1978 James Franco

American actor, director, producer, screenwriter

Deaths On This Day:

• 1882 Charles Darwin

English scientist, theorist

• 2004 John Maynard Smith

English biologist