DAY IN HISTORY

SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 2022

Today is the 85th day of 2022 and the seventh day of spring.

TODAY’S HISTORY:

In 1830, the Book of Mormon went on sale at a bookstore in Palmyra, New York.

In 1979, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin signed the Egypt-israel Peace Treaty during a ceremony in Washington, D.C.

In 1997, police discovered the bodies of 39 victims of the Heaven’s Gate religious cult’s mass suicide in a mansion near San Diego, California.

In 1999, a Michigan jury found Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for euthanizing a terminally ill patient.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS:

Robert Frost (1874-1963), poet; Viktor Frankl (19051997), psychotherapist/ author; Tennessee Williams (1911-1983), playwright; Sandra Day O’connor (1930- ), former U.S. Supreme Court justice; Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015), actor; Alan Arkin (1934- ), actor; James Caan (1940- ), actor; Richard Dawkins (1941- ), biologist/author; Diana Ross (1944- ), singer; Steven Tyler (1948- ), singer-songwriter; Martin Short (1950- ), actor; John Stockton (1962- ), basketball player; Keira Knightley (1985- ), actress.

TODAY’S FACT:

The term “gerrymander” was first printed on this day in 1812 by the Boston Gazette; it described the shape of one of the election districts as redrawn in a bill signed by thengovernor of Massachusetts Elbridge Gerry.

TODAY’S SPORTS:

In 1917, the Seattle Metropolitans defeated the Montreal Canadiens 9-1 in Game 4 of the hockey championship series, becoming the first American team to win the Stanley Cup.

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.” — Robert Frost

TODAY’S NUMBER:

1.48 million — number of Mormons in Mexico, the country with the secondmost Mormons after the United States.

TODAY’S MOON:

Between last quarter moon (March 24) and new moon (March 31).