Today is the 155th day of 2012 and the 76th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1965, Edward H. White II, an astronaut on Gemini IV, became the first American to walk in space.

In 1979, the Ixtoc I oil well in the Gulf of Mexico blew out, spilling more than 600,000 tons of oil.

In 2006, Montenegro formally declared its independence from the Union of Serbia and Montenegro.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), president of the Confederate States of America; Raoul Dufy (1877-1953), artist; Tony Curtis (1925-2010), actor; Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), poet; Curtis Mayfield (1942-1999), songwriter/musician; Anderson Cooper (1967- ), TV journalist; Rafael Nadal (1986- ), tennis player.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1888, the comic baseball poem "Casey at the Bat," by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, was published in the San Francisco Examiner.

TODAY'S FACT: According to the results of the 1860 census, the slave population outnumbered the free population in two states: Mississippi and South Carolina.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "You don't have to be right. All you have to do is be candid." -- Allen Ginsberg

TODAY'S NUMBER: 25 -- length, in feet, of the tether attaching Edward H. White II to the Gemini spacecraft during the first U.S. spacewalk.

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

Today is the 154th day of 2012 and the 75th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1886, President Grover Cleveland married Frances Folsom, becoming the only president to marry in a White House ceremony.

In 1924, an act of Congress granted American Indians U.S. citizenship.

In 1997, Timothy McVeigh was convicted of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Marquis de Sade (1740-1814), author/politician; Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), poet/novelist; Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934), composer; Johnny Weissmuller (1904-1984), Olympic swimmer/actor; Charlie Watts (1941- ), drummer; Wayne Brady (1972- ), actor/comedian; Zachary Quinto (1977- ), actor; Fabrizio Moretti (1980- ), musician.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1935, baseball legend Babe Ruth retired.

TODAY'S FACT: The White House has hosted 21 weddings, nine of which were for children of sitting presidents.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his success." -- Marquis de Sade

TODAY'S NUMBER: 336,337 -- official Indian population in 1920, according to the U.S. Census.

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

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).