Today is the 184th day of 2012 and the 13th day of summer.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1881, President James Garfield was shot and fatally wounded by a disturbed office-seeker, Charles Guiteau.

In 1947, an object that the Air Force called a weather balloon crashed near Roswell, N.M., giving rise to theories that it might be an alien spacecraft.

In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a civil rights bill barring discrimination in voting, jobs and public accommodations.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Hermann Hesse (1877-1962), novelist; Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993), Supreme Court justice; Dave Thomas (1932-2002), Wendy's fast-food chain founder; Richard Petty (1937- ), NASCAR driver; Larry David (1947- ), writer/actor; Jose Canseco (1964- ), baseball player; Johnny Weir (1984- ), figure skater; Lindsay Lohan (1986- ), actress.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1941, Joe DiMaggio passed "Wee" Willie Keeler's 44-game record hitting streak from 1897.

TODAY'S FACT: When President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964, 57 percent of African-American housing had been judged to be unacceptable by the contemporary standard.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps." -- Thurgood Marshall

TODAY'S NUMBER: 24 -- years Thurgood Marshall served as a U.S. Supreme Court justice.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (June 26) and full moon (July 3).

Today is the 183rd day of 2012 and the 12th day of summer.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg began.

In 1867, Canada became a self-governing dominion of the British Commonwealth.

In 1966, the Medicare federal insurance program began functioning.

In 1997, the United Kingdom transferred sovereignty of Hong Kong back to China.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: George Sand (1804-1876), novelist; Walter White (1893-1955), NAACP leader; Olivia de Havilland (1916- ), actress; Sydney Pollack (1934-2008), filmmaker; Debbie Harry (1945- ), singer; Dan Aykroyd (1952- ), actor; Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997); Carl Lewis (1961- ), Olympic athlete; Pamela Anderson (1967- ), actress; Liv Tyler (1977- ), actress.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1903, the first Tour de France bicycle race began in Paris. Of the 60 cyclists who began the nearly 2,500-kilometer race, only 21 finished, including champion Maurice Garin.

TODAY'S FACT: More than 47.5 million Americans were enrolled in Medicare in 2010.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "The beauty that addresses itself to the eyes is only the spell of the moment; the eye of the body is not always that of the soul." -- George Sand

TODAY'S NUMBER: 156 -- years Hong Kong was formally controlled by Great Britain.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (June 26) and full moon (July 3)

Today is the 182nd day of 2012 and the 11th day of summer.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1966, the National Organization for Women (NOW) was formed.

In 1982, the proposed Equal Rights Amendment failed when its ratification deadline passed.

In 2007, an SUV exploded at Glasgow airport in Scotland in a terrorist attack.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Lena Horne (1917-2010), singer; Paul Berg (1926- ), biochemist; Robert Ballard (1942- ), oceanographer; David Alan Grier (1955- ), actor; Vincent D'Onofrio (1959- ), actor; Mike Tyson (1966- ), boxer; Fantasia Barrino (1984- ), singer; Michael Phelps (1985- ), Olympic swimmer.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1994, Tonya Harding was stripped of the national figure skating championship and banned for life from the sport for attacking rival skater Nancy Kerrigan.

TODAY'S FACT: Susan B. Anthony registered and voted in Rochester, N.Y., in 1872. She was arrested and fined $100 for breaking the law.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "When one has much to put into them, the day has a hundred pockets." -- Friedrich Nietzsche

TODAY'S NUMBER: 8 -- record-setting number of gold medals Michael Phelps won at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Phelps had won six at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (June 26) and full moon (July 3).