Daily Almanac: March 03, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset

RISE: 7:12 a.m.
SET: 6:33 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 56 °F
LOW: 39 °F

Today is…

• Canadian Bacon Day
• National Anthem Day
• Dress In Blue Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1991 Footage of Los Angeles police officers severely beating Rodney King causes a global outcry. The acquittal of the police officers involved sparked the Los Angeles riots in 1992.
• 1985 The U.K. miners’ strike ends. The year-long dispute was the country’s longest-running industrial dispute and a defining issue of Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government.
• 1938 The world’s fastest steam locomotive is built. The Mallard could reach a speed of over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h).

Births On This Day:

• 1847 Alexander Graham Bell
Scottish/American engineer, invented the Telephone
• 1977 Ronan Keating
American philosopher

Deaths On This Day:

• 1983 Hergé
Belgian illustrator
• 1987 Danny Kaye
American actor