Daily Almanac: March 29, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:31 a.m.
SET: 8:06 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 54 °F
LOW: 32 °F

Today is…:

• National Vietnam Veterans Day
• Piano Day
• Smoke and Mirrors Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 2010 Two Chechen suicide bombers detonate their devices in the Moscow underground. 40 people died in the attack allegedly carried out by so-called “black widows”, or Islamist Chechen female suicide bombers.
• 1974 The Terracotta Army is discovered in Xi’an, China. The famous collection of some 8000 soldier sculptures, depicting Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s army, was located by local farmers when they were digging a water well.
• 1971 Charles Manson is sentenced to death in the gas chamber. The sentence was never carried out because the California Supreme Court abolished the death penalty in 1972. The infamous criminal who ordered several murders served a life sentence and died on November 19, 2017.

Births On This Day:

• 1895 Ernst Jünger
German author

• 1976 Jennifer Capriati
American tennis player

Deaths On This Day:

• 1982 Walter Hallstein
1st President of the European Commission
• 1924 Charles Villiers Stanford
Irish composer