Daily Almanac: October 23, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:
RISE: 8:05 a.m.
SET: 6:58 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:
HIGH: 66 °F
LOW: 33 °F

Today is…:
• National Croc Day
• National iPod Day
• National Horror Movie Day

What Happened On This Day:
• 2001 Apple announces the first iPod Player. The iPod is the world’s best-selling portable media player. Already 6 years after its initial launch, Apple announced that 100 million devices had been sold. The company has been criticized for its aggressive policies forcing users to use only original batteries and preventing them from freely sharing content with others.

• 1998 Swatch Announces Internet Time. The Swiss watch company invented a new unit of time called the .beat, which corresponds to 1 minute and 26.4 seconds. Under the Internet Time system, a day is divided into 1000 .beats.

• 1983 Beirut Barracks Bombing. Two bombs exploded in front of American and French barracks during the Lebanese Civil War, killing about 300 French and American military personnel. Islamic Jihad took responsibility for the bombings.

Births On This Day:

• 1942 Michael Crichton

American author, screenwriter, director, producer

• 1925 Johnny Carson

American television host

Deaths On This Day:

• 1957 Christian Dior

French fashion designer, founded S.A.
• 1921 John Boyd Dunlop

Scottish businessman, co-founded Dunlop Rubber