Today is the 92nd day of 2016 and the 13th 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-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, causing the deaths of 13 people.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), German political leader; Edmond Rostand (1868-1918), playwright; Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), composer; Milan Kundera (1929- ), author; Debbie Reynolds (1932- ), actress; Ali MacGraw (1939- ), actress; Samuel Alito (1950- ), Supreme Court justice; Method Man (1971- ), rapper; Rachel Maddow (1973- ), TV personality; Asa Butterfield (1997- ), actor.
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: "Well, when I write my book, and tell the tale of my adventures -- all these little stars that shake out of my cloak -- I must save those to use for asterisks!" -- Edmond Rostand, "Cyrano de Bergerac"
TODAY'S NUMBER: $741.8 billion -- value of Apple Inc. in March 2016. The company was founded in Cupertino, California, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne on this day in 1976.
TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (March 31) and new moon (April 7).