Daily Almanac: April 22, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 6:59 a.m.     

SET: 8:33 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

High:  78 °F

Low:  52 °F

Wacky Holiday Today:

• April Showers Day

• Day of Silence

• Earth Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1997 The Japanese embassy hostage crisis ends after 126 days

• 1945 Adolf Hitler admits defeat

• 1906 The 1906 Olympic Games begin in Athens

Births On This Day:

• 1870 Vladimir Lenin

Russian politician

• 1724 Immanuel Kant

Russian/German philosopher

Deaths On This Day:

• 1994 Richard Nixon

American politician, 37th President of the United States

• 1983 Earl Hines

American pianist