ANDREWS MCMEEL ALMANAC
Today is the 95th day of 2024 and the 17th day of spring.
TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1949, 12 nations signed the North Atlantic Treaty, forming NATO.
In 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
In 1973, the World Trade Center was dedicated in New York City.
In 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Tris Speaker (1888-1958), baseball player; Robert E. Sherwood (1896-1955), playwright; Muddy Waters (1913-1983), blues musician; Maya Angelou (1928-2014), poet/author; Anthony Perkins (1932-1992), actor; Craig T. Nelson (1944- ), actor; David E. Kelley (1956- ), TV writer/producer; Hugo Weaving (1960- ), actor; Graham Norton (1963- ), TV personality; David Cross (1964- ), actor/comedian; Robert Downey Jr. (1965- ), actor; Jill Scott (1972- ), actress/singer-songwriter; David Blaine (1973- ), magician; Heath Ledger (1979-2008), actor; Natasha Lyonne (1979- ), actress; Eric Andre (1983- ), comedian.
TODAY'S FACT: The Beatles were the first artists in history to simultaneously hold the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, a feat the group accomplished on this day in 1964.
TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1982, Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers finished the season with 212 points. He remains the only player in NHL history to top 200 points in a season.
TODAY'S QUOTE: "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” -- Maya Angelou, “Letter to My Daughter”
TODAY'S NUMBER: 32 -- days in office for William Henry Harrison, the ninth president of the United States, who died on this day in 1841. Harrison was the first U.S. president to die in office, and his tenure remains the shortest in U.S. presidential history.
TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (April 1) and new moon (April 8).