Daily Almanac: May 15, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:
RISE: 6:30 a.m.
SET: 8:57 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:
HIGH: 70 °F
LOW: 57 °F

Today is…:
• National Chocolate Chip Day
• Straw Hat Day
• International Day of Families

What Happened On This Day:
• 1940 The first McDonald’s fast food restaurant opens. Maurice “Mac” and Richard “Dick” McDonald opened McDonald’s Bar-B-Q in San Bernardino. Today, McDonald’s is the world’s largest fast food chain.
• 1928 The first Mickey Mouse film is screened. The 6-minute film “Plane Crazy” directed by Walt Disney shows Mickey trying to fly an airplane in reference to Charles Lindbergh. Today, Mickey Mouse is one of the world’s most recognized cartoon characters and the official mascot of the Walt Disney Company.
• 1718 The world’s first machine gun is patented. British lawyer, James Puckle, invented the 25.4 mm caliber “Puckle Gun” for the use on ships. It was designed for two bullet types: round bullets for Christians and (more damaging) square bullets for Turks.

Births On This Day:

• 1856 L. Frank Baum
American author

• 1981 Patrice Evra
French footballer

Deaths On This Day:

• 1886 Emily Dickinson
American poet
• 1967 Edward Hopper
American painter