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Daily Almanac: June 29, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 6:19 a.m.
SET: 9:22 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 90 °F
LOW: 66 °F

Today is…:

• Hug Holiday
• National Camera Day
• National Bomb Pop Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 2007 Apple releases the first iPhone. The iPhone revolutionized the smartphone industry and for a while made Apple one of the world’s most valuable companies.

• 1995 The Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian space station Mir. The rendezvous in space marked a new age of cooperation between the former Cold War adversaries. The docking created the largest man-made Earth satellite in history.
• 1990 Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are banned to protect the ozone layer. The London Amendment to the Montreal Protocol stipulated that CFCs be phased out by 2000 in developed countries and by 2010 in developing countries. CFCs are one of the substances most harmful to the ozone layer, escalating the greenhouse effect and global warming.

Births On This Day:

• 1936 Harmon Killebrew

American baseball player

• 1798 Giacomo Leopardi

Italian poet

Deaths On This Day:

• 2003 Katharine Hepburn

American actress, singer
• 1967 Jayne Mansfield

American model, actress, singer