Today is the 166th day of 2012 and the 87th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1775, the U.S. Army was established.

In 1777, the Continental Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag.

In 1900, Hawaii became a territory of the United States.

In 1982, Argentine troops surrendered their last stronghold in the Falkland Islands to the British, ending the Falklands War.

In 2007, Palestine's Fatah-Hamas unity government was dissolved after Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), novelist; Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915), physician; Burl Ives (1909-1995), singer/actor; Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928-1967), revolutionary leader; Donald Trump (1946- ), businessman; Pat Summitt (1952- ), basketball coach; Boy George (1961- ), singer; Steffi Graf (1969- ), tennis player; Diablo Cody (1978- ), screenwriter; Kevin McHale (1988- ), actor.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1876, Philadelphia's George Hall became the first Major League Baseball player to hit for the cycle: a single, double, triple and home run in the same game.

TODAY'S FACT: The highest rank in the Army, General of the Armies, was created for John Pershing in 1911. The rank was awarded posthumously to George Washington in 1976.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Any mind that is capable of a real sorrow is capable of good." -- Harriet Beecher Stowe

TODAY'S NUMBER: 1,226 -- billionaires in the world as of March 2012, which set a new record both for number of billionaires worldwide and for their total net worth ($4.6 trillion).

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

Today is the 165th day of 2012 and the 86th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1900, the Boxer Rebellion broke out in China.

In 1966, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Miranda v. Arizona that police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.

In 1967, Thurgood Marshall became the first African-American Supreme Court justice.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), poet/dramatist; Harold "Red" Grange (1903-1991), football player; Christo (1935- ), artist; Ban Ki-moon (1944- ), U.N. secretary-general; Tim Allen (1953- ), actor; Kat Dennings (1986- ), actress; Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen (1986- ), actresses.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1948, Babe Ruth appeared at Yankee Stadium for the last time, on the occasion of the New York Yankees' Silver Anniversary Day, during which his No. 3 jersey was ceremonially retired.

TODAY'S FACT: Sukanya Roy, a 14-year-old from South Abington Township, Pa., won the 2011 Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling "cymotrichous," an adjective that means "having wavy hair."

TODAY'S QUOTE: "In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute." -- Thurgood Marshall

TODAY'S NUMBER: 73.2 million -- estimated combined population of North and South Korea in mid-2012.

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

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).