Daily Almanac: October 25, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 8:07 a.m.
SET: 6:55 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 76 °F
LOW: 61 °F

Today is…:

• Lung Health Day
• Punk for a Day, Day
• World Pasta Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1983 Invasion of Grenada. A U.S. led invasion called Operation Urgent Fury was triggered by a coup that ended with the murder of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop. The invasion ended with U.S. victory.
• 1940 First African-American made general in US military. Benjamin Oliver Davis became the first African-American general in the United States Army.
• 1760 George III starts his reign. George III started his reign as the King of Great Britain and Ireland.

Births On This Day:

• 1940 Bob Knight

American basketball player, coach
• 1881 Pablo Picasso

Spanish painter, sculptor

Deaths On This Day:

• 1955 Sadako Sasaki

Japanese victim of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima, Nagasaki

• 1400 Geoffrey Chaucer

English poet