Today is the 164th day of 2012 and the 85th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1963, civil rights leader Medgar Evers was assassinated in Mississippi.

In 1978, David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam" serial killer, was sentenced to 365 years in prison.

In 1987, President Ronald Reagan instructed Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall" in a speech delivered in divided Berlin.

In 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson, ex-wife of professional football player O.J. Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman were murdered in Los Angeles.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: George H.W. Bush (1924- ), 41st U.S. president; Anne Frank (1929-1945), diarist/Holocaust victim; Jim Nabors (1930- ), actor; Marv Albert (1941- ), sportscaster; Chick Corea (1941- ), musician; Hideki Matsui (1974- ), baseball player.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 2002, the Los Angeles Lakers won their third consecutive NBA title, sweeping the New Jersey Nets in the best-of-seven Finals series.

TODAY'S FACT: Assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers' brother, Charles Evers, was the first African-American since Reconstruction to be elected a mayor in Mississippi, in 1969.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "I do not like broccoli, and I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm president of the United States, and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli." -- George H.W. Bush

TODAY'S NUMBER: 28 -- years the Berlin Wall stood separating East and West Berlin.

TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter (June 11) and new moon (June 19).

Today is the 163rd day of 2012 and the 84th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1770, Captain James Cook discovered the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia by accidentally running aground on a shoal.

In 1963, Alabama Gov. George Wallace, confronted by National Guard troops, allowed the University of Alabama to be desegregated.

In 2001, Timothy McVeigh, convicted in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that resulted in the deaths of 168 people, was executed by lethal injection.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Richard Strauss (1864-1949), composer/conductor; Jacques Cousteau (1910-1997), explorer/inventor/writer; Vince Lombardi (1913-1970), football coach; William Styron (1925-2006), author; Gene Wilder (1933- ), actor; Joe Montana (1956- ), football player; Hugh Laurie (1959- ), actor; Diana Taurasi (1982- ), basketball player; Shia LaBeouf (1986- ), actor.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1990, Nolan Ryan threw his sixth no-hitter, pitching for the Texas Rangers against the Oakland Athletics.

TODAY'S FACT: Captain James Cook named the Glass House Mountains in Queensland, Australia, after glass furnaces familiar in his native Yorkshire, England.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get up." -- Vince Lombardi

TODAY'S NUMBER: 13 -- percentage of the University of Alabama student population that was African-American in 2011.

TODAY'S MOON: Last quarter moon (June 11).

Today is the 162nd day of 2012 and the 83rd day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1935, Dr. Robert Smith and Bill Wilson founded Alcoholics Anonymous.

In 1967, India and Syria agreed to a cease-fire, ending the Six-Day War.

In 2003, NASA launched the Mars exploration rover Spirit from Cape Canaveral, Fla.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Prince Philip (1921- ), husband of Queen Elizabeth II; Judy Garland (1922-1969), actress/singer; Maurice Sendak (1928-2012), author/illustrator; John Edwards (1953- ), politician; Eliot Spitzer (1959- ), politician; Jeanne Tripplehorn (1963- ), actress; Elizabeth Hurley (1965- ), model/actress; Bobby Jindal (1971- ), politician; Andy Schleck (1985- ), cyclist.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1978, Affirmed won horse racing's Triple Crown.

TODAY'S FACT: California and Texas have the largest prisoner populations, with around 170,000 prisoners each.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Dentopedalogy is the science of opening your mouth and putting your foot in it. I've been practicing it for years." -- Prince Philip

TODAY'S NUMBER: 37.5 -- percentage of Americans under 35 who owned their own home in 2011.

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