- 82nd Day of 2015 283 Remaining
- Summer Begins in 90 Days
- Sunrise:7:07
- Sunset:7:27
- 12 Hours 20 Minutes
- Moon Rise:9:27am
- Moon Set:11:32pm
- Phase:16%
- Full Moon April 4 @ 5:07am
The name Full Pink Moon came from the herb moss pink, or wild ground phlox, which is one of the earliest widespread flowers of the spring. Other names for this month’s celestial body include the Full Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and among coastal tribes the Full Fish Moon, because this was the time that the shad swam upstream to spawn.
- Tides
- High:1:23am/2:26pm
- Low:7:54am/7:58pm
- Rainfall:
- This Year to Date:17.04
- Last Year:8.68
- Avg YTD:20.76
- Annual Avg:23.80
- Holidays
- National Chip & Dip Day
- National Melba Toast Day
- National Puppy Day
- OK Day
- Near Miss Day
- World Meteorological Day
- On This Day
- 1743 --- George Frederic Handel's oratorio "Messiah" had its premiere, in London.
- 1775 --- During a speech before the second Virginia Convention, Patrick Henry responds to the increasingly oppressive British rule over the American colonies by declaring, “I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”
- 1806 --- After passing a wet and tedious winter near the Pacific Coast, Lewis and Clark happily leave behind Fort Clatsop and head east for home. The Corps of Discovery arrived at the Pacific the previous November, having made a difficult crossing over the rugged Rocky Mountains. Their winter stay on the south side of the Columbia River-dubbed Fort Clatsop in honor of the local Indians-had been plagued by rainy weather and a scarcity of fresh meat. No one in the Corps of Discovery regretted leaving Fort Clatsop behind.
- 1839 --- The initials “O.K.” are first published in The Boston Morning Post. Meant as an abbreviation for “oll correct,” a popular slang misspelling of “all correct” at the time, OK steadily made its way into the everyday speech of Americans.
- 1840 --- The first successful photo of the Moon was taken.
- 1857 --- Elisha Otis installed the first modern passenger elevator in a public building. It was at the corner of Broome Street and Broadway in New York City.
- 1868 --- The University of California was founded.
- 1901 --- Dame Nellie Melba, revealed the secret of her now famous toast.
- 1912 --- The Dixie Cup was developed by Lawrence Luellen and Hugh Moore. Its original name was the 'Health Kup,' changed to 'Dixie Cup' in 1919. The name came from a line of dolls made by the Dixie Doll Company.
- 1913 --- A horrible month for weather-related disasters in the United States culminates with a devastating tornado ripping through Nebraska, near Omaha. It was the worst of five twisters that struck that day in Nebraska and Iowa, killing 115 people in total.
- 1942 --- The first Japanese-Americans evacuated by the U.S. Army during World War II arrived at the internment camp in Manzanar, Calif.
- 1965 --- Astronaut John Young smuggled a corned beef sandwich aboard the first Gemini spacecraft flight.
- 1970 --- From Peking, Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia issues a public call for arms to be used against the Lon Nol government in Phnom Penh and requests the establishment of the National United Front of Kampuchea (FUNK) to unite all opposition factions against Lon Nol.
- 1983 --- In an address to the nation, President Ronald Reagan proposes that the United States embark on a program to develop antimissile technology that would make the country nearly impervious to attack by nuclear missiles. Reagan’s speech marked the beginning of what came to be known as the controversial Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI).
- 1998 --- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that term limits for state lawmakers were constitutional.
- 1999 --- In Gibraltar, a set of postage stamps was released commemorating what would have been the 30th wedding anniversary of Yoko Ono and John Lennon.
- 2001 --- Russia's orbiting Mir space station ended its 15-year odyssey with a fiery plunge into the South Pacific.
- 2010 --- President Barack Obama signed into law the Affordable Care Act, the most sweeping piece of federal legislation since Medicare was passed in 1965.
- Birthdays
- Akira Kurosawa
- Chaka Khan
- Joan Crawford
- Sidney Hilman
- Fannie Farmer
- Marty Allen
- Roger Bannister
- Monique Van Vooren
- Ric Ocasek
- Moses Malone
- Amanda Plummer
- Keri Russell
- Jason Kidd
