Daily Almanac: June 17, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset

RISE: 6:16 a.m.
SET: 9:20 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 83 °F
LOW: 55 °F

Today is…

• Dog Dad’s Day
• National Apple Strudel Day
• World Croc Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1972 The arrest of five White House operatives sets off the Watergate scandal. The men were caught attempting to wiretap the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex. The scandal ultimately led to U.S. President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
• 1928 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. Wilmer Stultz piloted the Fokker F.VII aircraft, Earhart kept the flight log. They arrived at Burry Port in Wales, the United Kingdom, 20 hours and 40 minutes later.
• 1885 The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York. Hundreds of thousands of spectators welcomed the emblematic statue, which was a gift to the United States from the people of France and has become one of the country’s most recognized symbols.

Births On This Day

• 1980 Venus Williams

American tennis player
• 1898 M. C. Escher

Dutch illustrator

Deaths On This Day

• 2012 Rodney King

American victim of police brutality

• 1996 Curt Swan

American illustrator