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Daily Almanac:  May 7, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 6:40 a.m.     

SET: 8:48 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

High: 62 °F

Low: 52 °F

Today is…:

• The Kentucky Derby

• National Tourism Day

• Free Comic Book Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1915 A German U-Boat sinks the RMS Lusitania

• 1945 Germany’s Nazi regime surrenders unconditionally

• 2000 Vladimir Putin becomes President of Russia

Births On This Day:

• 1711 David Hume

Scottish economist, historian, philosopher

• 1892 Josip Broz Tito

Yugoslav marshal, politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia

Deaths On This Day:

• 1840 Caspar David Friedrich

German painter

• 2011 Seve Ballesteros

Spanish golfer