Daily Almanac: April 5, 2022
Sunrise/Sunset:
RISE: 7:21 a.m.
SET: 8:12 p.m.
High/Low Temperatures:
High: 58 °F
Low: 42 °F
Wacky Holiday Today:
• National Dandelion Day
• Bell Bottoms Day
• First Contact Day
What Happened On This Day:
• 1998 The world’s largest suspension bridge opens to traffic
• 1955 Winston Churchill resigns as U.K. Prime Minister
• 1951 Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are sentenced to death
Births On This Day:
• 1908 Bette Davis
American actress
• 1917 Robert Bloch
American author
Deaths On This Day:
• 1994 Kurt Cobain
American singer-songwriter, guitarist
• 1997 Allen Ginsberg American poet