Daily Almanac: July 18, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:
RISE: 6:32 a.m.
SET: 9:15 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:
HIGH: 83 °F
LOW: 61 °F

Today is…:
• National Sour Candy Day
• Nelson Mandela International Day
• World Listening Day

What Happened On This Day:
• 2013 Government of Detroit declares bankruptcy. The city, which was up to $20 billion in debt, became the largest municipal entity in the United States to declare bankruptcy.

• 1968 Intel is founded. Founded in Santa Clara, California, the Intel corporation is the world’s largest semiconductor chip manufacturer.

• 1870 The first Vatican Council, also known as Vatican I, decrees the doctrine of Papal infallibility. The doctrine claims that the Pope cannot err when speaking on issues of morality and/ or faith.

Births On This Day:

• 1921 John Glenn

American astronaut, politician
• 1918 Nelson Mandela

South African politician, President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate

Deaths On This Day:

• 1817 Jane Austen

English author

• 1792 John Paul Jones

American navy commander