Daily Almanac: April 01, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset

RISE: 7:26 a.m.
SET: 8:09 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 48 °F
LOW: 46 °F

Today is…

• April Fools’ Day
• Boomer Bonus Day
• Fossil Fools Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1976 Apple Inc. is founded. The computer company, which has evolved into a multinational corporation and whose best-known product is the iPhone, was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne.
• 2001 Slobodan Milošević is arrested. The former President of Serbia was arrested on corruption charges. Later he was put on trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague for war crimes during the Yugoslav wars.
• 2001 The Netherlands becomes the first country to allow same-sex marriage. Despite opposition from conservative factions, gay and lesbian couples are today allowed to marry in many other countries also.

Births On This Day

• 1815 Otto von Bismarck
German politician, 1st Chancellor of the German Empire
• 1961 Susan Boyle
Scottish singer

Deaths On This Day

• 1984 Marvin Gaye
American singer-songwriter
• 2010 John Forsythe
American actor