Daily Almanac: April 25, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:
RISE: 6:50 a.m.
SET: 8:33 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:
HIGH: 56 °F
LOW: 38 °F

Today is…:
• DNA Day
• National Crayola Day
• National Telephone Day

What Happened On This Day:
• 2011 The largest tornado outbreak ever recorded hits the U.S.. 348 people in six states were killed during the outbreak, which encompassed a total of 358 confirmed tornadoes.
• 1983 The German news magazine, Stern, announces discovery of Hitler’s diaries. The documents were later exposed as forgeries, triggering one of the most spectacular media scandals in history. Experts believe that Hitler never kept a diary.
• 1953 The double helix structure of DNA described for the first time. Francis Crick and James D. Watson published their groundbreaking findings about the molecule containing genetic information was in Nature that day.

Births On This Day:

• 1917 Ella Fitzgerald
American singer

• 1940 Al Pacino
American actor, director

Deaths On This Day:

• 1744 Anders Celsius
Swedish astronomer
• 1944 George Herriman
American cartoonist