UNIVERSAL UCLICK ALMANAC
Today is the 211th day of 2013 and the 40th day of summer.
TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1619, America's first legislative assembly met in Jamestown, Va.
In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Social Security Act, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.
In 1974, President Richard Nixon released subpoenaed White House recordings related to the Watergate cover-up.
In 1975, former Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa disappeared from suburban Detroit.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Emily Bronte (1818-1848), novelist; Henry Ford (1863-1947), industrialist/automaker; Casey Stengel (1890-1975), baseball player/manager; Bud Selig (1934- ), baseball commissioner; Paul Anka (1941- ), singer/songwriter; Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947- ), actor/former governor; Laurence Fishburne (1961- ), actor; Lisa Kudrow (1963- ), actress; Christopher Nolan (1970- ), film director; Hilary Swank (1974- ), actress.
TODAY'S FACT: President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a resolution establishing "In God We Trust" as the national motto of the United States on this day in 1956.
TODAY'S SPORTS: In 2002, Los Angeles Sparks center Lisa Leslie became the first woman to dunk in a WNBA game.
TODAY'S QUOTE: "Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently." -- Henry Ford
TODAY'S NUMBER: 28 -- age at which Emily Bronte finished writing "Wuthering Heights."
TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (July 29) and new moon (Aug. 6).