Daily Almanac: September 25, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:
RISE: 7:36 a.m.
SET: 7:41 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:
HIGH: 80 °F
LOW: 60 °F

Today is…:
• National Comic Book Day
• Yom Kippur
• Family Day

What Happened On This Day:
• 1992 NASA launches the Mars Observer. The robotic space probe’s main goal was to study Mars. Almost a year later all communications with it were lost.

• 1977 Runners run the first Chicago Marathon. One of the world’s six major marathons, which include the marathons in Berlin, Boston, London, New York, and Tokyo, the Chicago Marathon was initially called the Mayor Daley Marathon. The first race was won by Rhud Metzner.
• 1890 Sequoia National Park is established by the United States Congress. The park, situated in the state of California is famous for its giant sequoia trees

Births On This Day:

• 1952 Christopher Reeve

American actor

• 1897 William Faulkner

American author, Nobel Prize laureate

Deaths On This Day:

• 1971 Hugo Black

American jurist, politician
• 1929 Miller Huggins

American baseball player, manager