Daily Almanac: Dec. 20, 2021

Sunrise/Sunset

RISE: 8:06 a.m.      

SET: 5:26 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures

High: 43 °F

Low: 27 °F

Wacky Holiday Today

• Dot Your I’s Day

• Sacagawea Day

What Happened On This Day

• 2007 Queen Elizabeth becomes the longest-living British monarch

• 1803 Louisiana Purchase completed

Births On This Day

• 1976 Aubrey Huff

American baseball player

• 1868 Harvey Firestone

American businessman

Deaths On This Day

• 1996 Carl Sagan

American astronomer

• 1968 John Steinbeck

American author