Daily Almanac: March 22, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:42 a.m.
SET: 7:59 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 58 °F
LOW: 43 °F

Today is…:

• National Goof-Off Day
• World Water Day
• National Sing Out Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1993 The Intel Corporation produces the first Pentium microprocessor. Intel holds about 80% of the world market share in the PC microprocessor business.
• 1963 The Beatles release their first album. Please Please Me, which included the hit single “Love Me Do” is regarded as one of the greatest albums of all time.
• 1960 The laser is patented. Charles Hard Townes and Arthur Leonard Schawlow received the first patent for their device, although Gordon Gould had previously filed a patent application for a similar contraption, which was turned down.

Births On This Day:

• 1948 Andrew Lloyd Webber
English director, composer

• 1930 Stephen Sondheim
American composer, songwriter

Deaths On This Day:

• 1820 Stephen Decatur
American navy officer
• 2001 William Hanna
American animator, director, producer, actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera