Daily Almanac: March 05, 2021

Sunrise/Sunset

RISE: 7:15 a.m.     

SET: 6:44 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures

High: 36 °F

Low: 18 °F

Wacky Holiday Today

• National Potty Dance Day

• Reel Film Day

What Happened On This Day

• 1872 The air brake is patented

• 1970 The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty enters into force

• 1981 The home computer ZX81 is launched

Births On This Day

• 1948 Elaine Paige

English singer, actress

• 1970 John Frusciante

American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer

Deaths On This Day

• 1963 Patsy Cline

American singer-songwriter, pianist

• 1953 Joseph Stalin

Soviet marshal, politician, 4th Premier of the Soviet Union