Daily Almanac: May 22, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:
RISE: 6:24 a.m.
SET: 9:03 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:
HIGH: 81 °F
LOW: 54 °F

Today is…:
• Harvey Milk Day
• National Solitaire Day
• Sherlock Holmes Day

What Happened On This Day:
• 2012 The world’s tallest tower is opened to the public. At 643 meters (2080 feet), the Tokyo Skytree in Japan’s capital city is also the second tallest structure in the world after Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Its prime purpose is relaying TV and radio signals.
• 1980 The arcade game Pac-Man is released. The game featuring a dot-munching round yellow figure moving through a maze has become one of the best-known video games in history. It was produced by Namco.
• 1906 The Wright brothers’ flying machine is patented. The American aviation pioneers are credited with having performed “the first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight.” (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale)

Births On This Day:

• 1859 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Scottish physician, author

• 1930 Harvey Milk
American lieutenant, politician, activist

Deaths On This Day:

• 337 Constantine the Great
Roman Emperor
• 1885 Victor Hugo
French author, poet, playwright