Daily Almanac: July 12, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 6:27 a.m.
SET: 9:18 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 88 °F
LOW: 68 °F

Today is…:

• Etch A Sketch Day
• National Conversations Day
• Paper Bag Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1984 Walter F. Mondale Names Geraldine A. Ferraro as Running Mate in Presidential Elections. New York Congressperson, Geraldine A. Ferraro, became the first woman to run for office on a major party ticket in the United States.
• 1967 Race riots break out in Newark, New Jersey, killing 26 people and injuring several others. The violence began when two white policemen arrested a black cab driver.
• 1962 First performance of the Rolling Stones. The British rock band performed for the first time as a group at the Marquee Club in London.

Births On This Day:

• 1884 Amedeo Modigliani

Italian painter, sculptor

• 1817 Henry David Thoreau

American writer, philosopher

Deaths On This Day:

• 1926 Gertrude Bell

British government administrator, writer, spy, archaeologist
• 1804 Alexander Hamilton

Nevisian/American economist, politician, philosopher, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury