Daily Almanac: April 22, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset

RISE: 6:54 a.m.
SET: 8:30 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 51 °F
LOW: 34 °F

Today is…

• April Showers Day
• Earth Day
• Record Store Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1977 Optical fiber is used for telephone transmissions for the first time. Fiber-optic technology allows sending information over long distances by means of light pulses. It has played an important role in the development of modern-day global communications.
• 1945 Adolf Hitler admits defeat. The German dictator announced in the underground Führerbunker that he plans to commit suicide after learning that Soviet forces had entered Berlin.
1906 The 1906 Olympic Games begin in Athens. While the meet in practice was the second Olympic Games of the modern era, it is not recognized as such by the International Olympic Committee.

Births On This Day

• 1870 Vladimir Lenin
Russian politician
• 1899 Vladimir Nabokov
Russian/American author

Deaths On This Day

• 1983 Earl Hines
American pianist
• 1994 Richard Nixon
American politician, 37th President of the United States