Today is the 153rd day of 2012 and the 74th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1792, Kentucky became the 15th U.S. state.

In 1796, Tennessee became the 16th U.S. state.

In 1967, the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" was released.

In 1980, the Cable News Network (CNN) began broadcasting.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Brigham Young (1801-1877), religious leader; Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), actress; Andy Griffith (1926- ), actor; Pat Boone (1934- ), singer; Morgan Freeman (1937- ), actor; Ron Wood (1947- ), guitarist; Heidi Klum (1973- ), model/TV personality; Alanis Morissette (1974- ), singer; Justine Henin (1982- ), tennis player.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1925, Lou Gehrig pinch-hit for the New York Yankees, marking the first game in Gehrig's record-setting streak of 2,130 consecutive games played.

TODAY'S FACT: "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" was the first rock album to win a Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Revolution only needs good dreamers who remember their dreams." -- Tennessee Williams

TODAY'S NUMBER: 100.1 million -- approximate number of American cable subscribers who receive CNN, a reach surpassed by only seven other networks.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter (May 28) and full moon (June 4).

Today is the 152nd day of 2012 and the 73rd day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1790, President George Washington signed the first U.S. copyright law.

In 1889, a huge flood engulfed Johnstown, Pa., claiming 2,209 lives.

In 1927, Ford Motor Co. ended production of its Model T cars.

In 2005, former FBI official W. Mark Felt admitted to being the anonymous Watergate scandal whistleblower known as "Deep Throat."

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Walt Whitman (1819-1892), poet/journalist; Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993), religious leader/writer; Clint Eastwood (1930- ), actor/director; Johnny Paycheck (1938-2003), singer; Joe Namath (1943- ), football player; Brooke Shields (1965- ), actress; Archie Panjabi (1972- ), actress; Colin Farrell (1976- ), actor.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1937, New York Giants pitcher Carl Hubbell's 24-game winning streak ended.

TODAY'S FACT: Copyright laws established in 1978 state that copyright protections last for the lifetime of the author, plus an additional 70 years.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here." -- Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address

TODAY'S NUMBER: 15 million -- Ford Model Ts produced between 1908 and 1927.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter (May 28) and full moon (June 4).

Today is the 151st day of 2012 and the 72nd day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1431, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake for heresy.

In 1922, the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C.

In 1958, unidentified soldiers from World War II and the Korean War were interred in Arlington National Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknowns.

In 2002, cleanup at the former World Trade Center site in New York City ended after eight months.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Peter the Great (1672-1725), Russian czar; Peter Carl Faberge (1846-1920), goldsmith/jeweler; Mel Blanc (1908-1989), voice actor; Benny Goodman (1909-1986), bandleader; Joseph Stein (1912-2010), playwright; Wynonna Judd (1964- ), singer; Manny Ramirez (1972- ), baseball player; Cee Lo Green (1974- ), singer/songwriter.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1904, Chicago Cub Frank Chance was hit by five different wild pitches during a doubleheader against Cincinnati.

TODAY'S FACT: It is a Memorial Day custom to fly the American flag at half-staff until noon.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Such will be a great lesson of peace; teaching men that what they cannot take by an election, neither can they take it by a war." -- Abraham Lincoln

TODAY'S NUMBER: 36 -- Doric columns in the Lincoln Memorial, one for each state that had been admitted to the Union at the time of Lincoln's death, including those that had seceded.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter (May 28) and full moon (June 4).