Daily Almanac:  April 9, 2022

Sunrise/Sunset

RISE: 7:19 a.m.     

SET: 8:20 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures

High: 43 °F

Low: 33 °F

Wacky Holiday Today

• National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day

• National Unicorn Day

• National Gin and Tonic Day

What Happened On This Day

• 1860 The world’s first recording of the human voice is created

• 1967 The first Boeing 737 takes off on its maiden flight

• 1940 Germany invades Denmark and Norway

Births On This Day

• 1945 Steve Gadd

American drummer

• 1971 Jacques Villeneuve

Canadian race car driver

Deaths On This Day

• 2011 Sidney Lumet

American director

• 2005 Andrea Dworkin

American activist, author