Today in history

Today is the 92nd day of 2020 and the 14th day of spring.

Today’s history: In 1826, Samuel Morey received the patent for the first internal combustion engine.

▪ In 1945, Operation Iceberg began as U.S. troops landed on the Japanese island of Okinawa.

▪ In 1970, President Richard Nixon signed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act, which required the surgeon general’s warning on tobacco products and banned cigarette ads on radio and TV.

▪ In 2011, a mob protesting the burning of the Quran attacked the United Nations compound in Mazar-iSharif, Afghanistan, causing the deaths of 13 people.

Today’s fact: Two monumental innovations in meteorology occurred on April 1: In 1875, Francis Galton published the first newspaper weather map; in 1960, TIROS-1, the first weather satellite, was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Today’s sports: In 1985, the eighth-seeded Villanova Wildcats defeated the top-seeded and heavily favored Georgetown Hoyas 66-64 in the NCAA championship game.

Today’s quote: “The light that radiates from the great novels time can never dim, for human existence is perpetually being forgotten by man and thus the novelists’ discoveries, however old they may be, will never cease to astonish.” — Milan Kundera

Today’s number: $1.3 trillion — value of Apple Inc. in January 2020. The company was founded in Cupertino, California, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne on this day in 1976.

Today’s moon: First quarter moon (April 1).