Today is the 161st day of 2012 and the 82nd day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1790, John Barry's "The Philadelphia Spelling Book" became the first copyrighted work in the United States.

In 1954, Army counsel Joseph Welch confronted Sen. Joseph McCarthy during the Army-McCarthy hearings.

In 1999, Yugoslavia signed a peace treaty pledging that Serbian forces would withdraw from Kosovo in 11 days.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Cole Porter (1891-1964), composer; Robert Cummings (1908-1990), actor; Robert S. McNamara (1916-2009), World Bank head/U.S. secretary of defense; Dick Vitale (1939- ), sportscaster; Michael J. Fox (1961- ), actor; Johnny Depp (1963- ), actor; Natalie Portman (1981- ), actress.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 2010, the Chicago Blackhawks won Game 6 of the Stanley Cup series 4-3 over the Philadelphia Flyers, claiming their first NHL championship since 1961.

TODAY'S FACT: Secretariat, who claimed horse racing's Triple Crown on this day in 1973, was one of three non-human athletes included in ESPN's list of the 100 greatest 20th-century athletes.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "I would rather have a wrong decision made than no decision at all." -- Robert S. McNamara

TODAY'S NUMBER: 5 -- weeks that Robert S. McNamara served as the president of Ford Motor Co. before he was appointed the secretary of defense in 1960. McNamara was the first Ford president to not be related to founder Henry Ford.

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

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).