Daily Almanac: May 25, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 6:24 a.m.

SET: 9:05 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

High: 84 °F

Low: 63 °F

Today is…:

• Geek Pride Day

• National Missing Children’s Day

• National Wine Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1963 32 African countries form a coalition against white rule

• 1977 The first Star Wars film is released

• 1979 American Airlines flight 191 crashes shortly after takeoff

Births On This Day:

• 1803 Ralph Waldo Emerson

American poet, philosopher

• 1976 Cillian Murphy

Irish/English actor

Deaths On This Day:

• 2005 Graham Kennedy

Australian actor

• 2006 Desmond Dekker

Jamaican singer-songwriter