Today is the 160th day of 2012 and the 81st day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1789, James Madison, then a member of the House of Representatives, proposed the Bill of Rights to Congress.

In 1968, James Earl Ray, who was suspected of assassinating Martin Luther King Jr., was arrested in London.

In 1982, President Ronald Reagan became the first U.S. president to address a joint session of the British Parliament.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Robert Schumann (1810-1856), composer; Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), architect; Francis Crick (1916-2004), biophysicist; Barbara Pierce Bush (1925- ), former first lady; Jerry Stiller (1927- ), comedian/actor; Joan Rivers (1933- ), comedian/actress; Tim Berners-Lee (1955- ), World Wide Web inventor; Julianna Margulies (1966- ), actress; Kanye West (1977- ), musician; Kim Clijsters (1983- ), tennis player.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1966, the National Football League and the American Football League announced their merger as the NFL, with American and National conferences.

TODAY'S FACT: Between 1980 and 2010, the percentage of the U.S. population that was foreign-born grew from 6.2 percent to 12.9 percent.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his clients to plant vines." -- Frank Lloyd Wright

TODAY'S NUMBER: 65 -- congressmen who served in the first session of the House of Representatives (1789-1791).

TODAY'S MOON: Between full moon (June 4) and last quarter moon (June 11).

Today is the 159th day of 2012 and the 80th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1776, Richard Henry Lee proposed a resolution calling for a declaration of independence to the Continental Congress.

In 1929, Vatican City became a sovereign state.

In 1942, the Allies emerged victorious from the Battle of Midway.

In 2008, Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York suspended her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination and endorsed Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), painter; Jessica Tandy (1909-1994), actress; Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000), poet; Tom Jones (1940- ), singer; Liam Neeson (1952- ), actor; Orhan Pamuk (1952- ), novelist; Prince (1958- ), musician; Anna Kournikova (1981- ), tennis player; Michael Cera (1988- ), actor.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1978, the Washington Bullets (now Wizards) won the franchise's first and only NBA championship title.

TODAY'S FACT: About 40 people reside in the Midway Islands. Most of them are U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff or their contractors.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "I've stayed in the front yard all my life. I want a peek at the back where it's rough and untended and hungry weed grows. A girl gets sick of a rose." -- Gwendolyn Brooks, "A Street in Bronzeville"

TODAY'S NUMBER: 836 -- estimated population of Vatican City in 2012.

TODAY'S MOON: Between full moon (June 4) and last quarter moon (June 11).

Today is the 158th day of 2012 and the 79th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1844, the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) was founded in London.

In 1944, the D-Day invasion of Europe began as Allied forces landed in continental Europe at Normandy, France.

In 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon.

In 2002, President George W. Bush proposed consolidating 22 federal agencies under a single, Cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Diego Velazquez (1599-1660), painter; Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), poet; Thomas Mann (1875-1955), novelist; Harvey Fierstein (1952- ), actor; Bjorn Borg (1956- ), tennis player; Paul Giamatti (1967- ), actor; Natalie Morales (1972- ), TV journalist.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1892, President Benjamin Harrison became the first sitting president to attend a Major League Baseball game.

TODAY'S FACT: Basketball, racquetball and volleyball were all invented at YMCA facilities.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people." -- George W. Bush

TODAY'S NUMBER: $46.9 billion -- estimated amount in the U.S. federal budget devoted to the Department of Homeland Security in 2012.

TODAY'S MOON: Between full moon (June 4) and last quarter moon (June 11).