Daily Almanac: March 01, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:15 a.m.
SET: 6:36 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 70 °F
LOW: 43 °F

Today is…:

• National Dadgum That’s Good Day
• National Pig Day
• Share A Smile Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1932 Aviator Charles Lindbergh’s son is kidnapped. The toddler’s abduction and death was one of the most publicized crimes of the century.
• 1995 Internet giant Yahoo! is incorporated. The company was founded in January 1994 as Jerry’s guide to the World Wide Web by Jerry Yang and David Filo.
• 1998 Titanic becomes the first film to gross $1 billion. James Cameron’s epic account of the sinking of the Titanic had a budget of $ 200 million and grossed over $ 2 billion in the end.

Births On This Day:

• 1922 Yitzhak Rabin                                                                                                               Israeli politician, 5th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1994 Justin Bieber                                                                                                Canadian singer-songwriter, dancer

Deaths On This Day:

• 1912 George Grossmith                                                                                     English actor, singer
• 1983 Arthur Koestler                                                                                                              Hungarian/English author, journalist