Today is the 96th day of 2014 and the 18th day of spring.
TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1830, Joseph Smith established the Mormon Church in Fayette Township, N.Y.
In 1896, the first modern Olympic Games opened in Athens, 1,500 years after the last recorded original games.
In 1917, the United States formally entered World War I by declaring war on Germany.
In 1947, the first Tony Awards were presented for achievement in live Broadway theater.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Lincoln Steffens (1866-1936), journalist; Gil Kane (1926-2000), illustrator; Gerry Mulligan (1927-1996), jazz musician; Merle Haggard (1937- ), singer-songwriter; Billy Dee Williams (1937- ), actor; Barry Levinson (1942- ), director/producer; John Ratzenberger (1947- ), actor; Michael Rooker (1955- ), actor; Paul Rudd (1969- ), actor; Zach Braff (1975- ), actor.
TODAY'S FACT: Florence Green, the last surviving veteran of World War I, died in February 2012 at the age of 110.
TODAY'S SPORTS: In 2004, the University of Connecticut became the first university to win the NCAA Division I men's and women's basketball championships in the same year.
TODAY'S QUOTE: "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire." -- Mahatma Gandhi, on this day in 1930, during the Salt March to protest British rule in India
TODAY'S NUMBER: 25 -- world records set at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
TODAY'S MOON: Between new moon (March 30) and first quarter moon (April 7).