DAILY ALMANAC
Today is Friday, April 1, the 91st day of 2022. There are 274 days left in the year. This is April Fool’s Day. On this date in:
1865: During the Civil War, Union forces routed Confederate soldiers in the Battle of Five Forks in Virginia.
1891: The Wrigley Co. was founded in Chicago by William Wrigley Jr.
1924: Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich. (Hitler was released in December 1924; during his time behind bars, he wrote his autobiographical screed, “Mein Kampf.”)
1945: American forces launched the amphibious invasion of Okinawa during World War II; they captured the Japanese island on June 22.
1970: President Richard M. Nixon signed a measure banning cigarette advertising on radio and television, to take effect after Jan. 1, 1971.
1972: The first Major League Baseball players’ strike began; it lasted 12 days.
1975: With Khmer Rouge guerrillas closing in, Cambodian President Lon Nol resigned and fled into exile, spending the rest of his life in the United States.
1976: Apple Computer was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne.
1977: The U.S. Senate followed the example of the House of Representatives by adopting, 86-9, a stringent code of ethics requiring full financial disclosure and limits on outside income.
1992: The National Hockey League Players’ Association went on its firstever strike, which lasted 10 days.
2003: American troops entered a hospital in Nasiriyah, Iraq, and rescued Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch, who had been held prisoner since her unit was ambushed on March 23.
2011: Afghans angry over the burning of a Quran at a small Florida church stormed a U.N. compound in northern Afghanistan, killing seven foreigners, including four Nepalese guards.
2016: World leaders ended a nuclear security summit in Washington by declaring progress in safeguarding nuclear materials sought by terrorists and wayward nations, even as President Barack Obama acknowledged the task was far from finished.
2020: Resisting calls to issue a national stay-at-home order, President Donald Trump said he wanted to give governors “flexibility” to respond to the coronavirus. Under growing pressure, Florida Gov. Ron Desantis joined his counterparts in more than 30 states in issuing a stay-at-home order.
Reggae singer Jimmy Cliff is 74. Singer Susan Boyle is 61. Actor Jose Zuniga (“Mission Impossible: 3,” “Twilight”) is 60. Country singer Woody Lee is 54. Actor Jessica Collins (“The Young and the Restless”) is 51. Rapper-actor Method Man is 51. Filmmakers Albert and Allen Hughes (“Menace II Society,” “Dead Presidents”) are 50. MSNBC host Rachel Maddow is 49. Actor David Oyelowo (“Selma,” “The Butler”) is 46. Actor Sam Huntington (“Superman Returns,” “Jungle 2 Jungle”) is 40. Actor Taran Killam (“12 Years A Slave,” “Saturday Night Live”) is 40. Actor Matt Lanter (“90210”) is 39. Singer Hillary Scott of Lady A is 36. Actor Asa Butterfield (“Hugo,” “Nanny Mcphee Returns”) is 25.