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Andrews McMeel Almanac for June 23, 2012

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Andrews McMeel Almanac | June 23rd, 2012

Today is the 175th day of 2012 and the fourth day of summer.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1894, the International Olympic Committee was founded in Paris.

In 1947, the Senate overrode President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act.

In 1948, the Soviet Union began the Berlin Blockade.

In 1961, the Antarctic Treaty went into effect, demilitarizing the continent.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Alan Turing (1912-1954), mathematician; Bob Fosse (1927-1987), choreographer/director; June Carter Cash (1929-2003), singer; Wilma Rudolph (1940-1994), Olympic sprinter; Clarence Thomas (1948- ), U.S. Supreme Court justice; Randy Jackson (1956- ), musician/TV personality; Frances McDormand (1957- ), actress; LaDainian Tomlinson (1979- ), football player.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1963, Jimmy Piersall of the New York Mets celebrated his 100th career home run by running the bases backward.

TODAY'S FACT: Host country Greece won 47 medals, more than any other participating country, at the first modern Summer Olympics in 1896.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Within the first few months, I discovered that being a president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep on riding or be swallowed." -- Harry S. Truman

TODAY'S NUMBER: 38 -- world records set at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

TODAY'S MOON: Between new moon (June 19) and first quarter moon (June 26).

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Andrews McMeel Almanac for June 22, 2012

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Andrews McMeel Almanac | June 22nd, 2012

Today is the 174th day of 2012 and the third day of summer.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1870, Congress created the Justice Department.

In 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the GI Bill, providing benefits to veterans.

In 1970, President Richard Nixon signed a bill that lowered the federal voting age to 18.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906-2001), aviator/author; Billy Wilder (1906-2002), director; Bill Blass (1922-2002), fashion designer; Dianne Feinstein (1933- ), U.S. senator; Kris Kristofferson (1936- ), singer/actor; Meryl Streep (1949- ), actress; Cyndi Lauper (1953- ), singer; Dan Brown (1964- ), author; Kurt Warner (1971- ), football player; Carson Daly (1973- ), TV personality; Dan Wheldon (1978-2011), race car driver.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1938, Joe Louis avenged an earlier defeat with a decisive first-round knockout of the German Max Schmeling in a heavyweight championship bout.

TODAY'S FACT: After 18- to 20-year-olds were enfranchised, the voter-participation rate fell to 55.2 percent for the 1972 presidential election, from 60.8 percent of eligible voters in 1968.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own." -- Anne Morrow Lindbergh

TODAY'S NUMBER: 49 -- percentage of U.S. college students who were war veterans in 1947, marking the peak year of the GI Bill education program.

TODAY'S MOON: Between new moon (June 19) and first quarter moon (June 26).

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Andrews McMeel Almanac for June 21, 2012

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Andrews McMeel Almanac | June 21st, 2012

Today is the 173rd day of 2012 and the second day of summer.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1788, the U.S. Constitution went into effect as New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it.

In 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that burning the American flag was a form of political protest protected by the First Amendment.

In 2004, SpaceShipOne, piloted by Mike Melvill, became the first privately sponsored craft to carry a human into space.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003), cartoonist; Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), philosopher; Mary McCarthy (1912-1989), writer; Jane Russell (1921-2011), actress; Ray Davies (1944- ), guitarist/songwriter; Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007), politician; Juliette Lewis (1973- ), actress; Prince William (1982- ), Duke of Cambridge.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1997, the first Women's National Basketball Association game kicked off the league's debut season.

TODAY'S FACT: James Buchanan was the only U.S. president who never married.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does." -- Jean-Paul Sartre

TODAY'S NUMBER: 142,000 -- population of New Hampshire in 1790, following ratification of the U.S. Constitution.

TODAY'S MOON: Between new moon (June 19) and first quarter moon (June 26).

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