Daily Almanac: March 31, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset

RISE: 7:28 a.m.
SET: 8:08 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 63 °F
LOW: 49 °F

Today is…

• Dance Marathon Day
• Eiffel Tower Day
• Cesar Chavez Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1999 The film The Matrix is released. The science fiction story about the adventures of computer programmer, Neo, was not only a commercial success but also left a lasting impression on action film-making through its creative use of slow-motion and spinning cameras.
• 1918 The United States switch to DST for the first time. Most areas in the U.S. change the clocks twice a year. Exceptions include Hawaii and most of Arizona. The first country to ever use DST was Germany in 1916
• 1889 The Eiffel Tower is opened. French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel unfurled a French flag from the top of the tower, which has since become the most iconic landmark of Paris

Births On This Day:

• 1948 Al Gore
American politician, 45th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1927 Cesar Chavez
American activist

Deaths On This Day:

• 2014 Charles Keating
American lawyer, businessman
• 1621 Philip III of Spain