Today is the 276th day of 2012 and the 11th day of autumn.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1835, the Texas Revolution began as American settlers battled Mexican troops near the Guadalupe River.

In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed.

In 1950, the comic strip "Peanuts" (starring Charlie Brown) debuted in newspapers.

In 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first black Supreme Court justice.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948), political/spiritual leader; Cordell Hull (1871-1955), statesman; Groucho Marx (1890-1977), comedian/actor; Graham Greene (1904-1991), novelist; Rex Reed (1938- ), movie critic; Don McLean (1945- ), singer/songwriter; Sting (1951- ), musician; Lorraine Bracco (1954- ), actress; Kelly Ripa (1970- ), actress/TV personality.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 2005, at the first regular-season NFL game to take place outside the United States, the Arizona Cardinals beat the San Francisco 49ers in Mexico City.

TODAY'S FACT: After translating Leo Tolstoy's "Letter to a Hindu," Mohandas Gandhi began a regular correspondence with the novelist that lasted from October 1909 until Tolstoy's death in November 1910.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "I always remember that America was established not to create wealth ... but to realize a vision, to realize an ideal ... to discover and maintain liberty among men." -- Woodrow Wilson

TODAY'S NUMBER: 17,897 -- number of original "Peanuts" comic strips published between the strip's debut in 1950 and creator Charles Schulz's death in 2000.

TODAY'S MOON: Between full moon (Sept. 29) and last quarter (Oct. 8).

Today is the 275th day of 2012 and the 10th day of autumn.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1800, France acquired the Louisiana Territory from Spain as part of a clandestine treaty.

In 1949, Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong raised the flag of the People's Republic of China for the first time at a ceremony in Beijing.

In 1971, Walt Disney World opened to the public in Orlando, Fla.

In 1989, Danish activists Axel and Eigil Axgil were wed in a ceremony establishing the world's first legally recognized same-sex union.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Walter Matthau (1920-2000), actor; Jimmy Carter (1924- ), 39th U.S. president; William Rehnquist (1924-2005), United States chief justice; Tom Bosley (1927-2010), actor; Julie Andrews (1935- ), actress; Rod Carew (1945- ), baseball player; Tim O'Brien (1946- ), writer; Esai Morales (1962- ), actor; Mark McGwire (1963- ), baseball player; Zach Galifianakis (1969- ), actor/comedian.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1961, Roger Maris hit his 61st home run of the season, breaking the single-season record that had been held by Babe Ruth since 1927.

TODAY'S FACT: 86 percent of American women and 81 percent of American men will marry at least once before age 40.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good." -- Jimmy Carter

TODAY'S NUMBER: $3.50 -- adult ticket price at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom the day it opened in 1971. The lowest one-day ticket price (age 10 and up) in 2012 was $89.

TODAY'S MOON: Between full moon (Sept. 29) and last quarter (Oct. 8).

Today is the 274th day of 2012 and the ninth day of autumn.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1938, France and Britain reached an agreement with Hitler's Germany to allow German troops to occupy half of the Czech region of Sudetenland.

In 1949, the Berlin Airlift, which delivered fuel and food to West Berliners in avoidance of a Soviet blockade, ended.

In 2005, a Danish newspaper published controversial cartoons about the Islamic prophet Muhammad, sparking protests and riots around the world.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Deborah Kerr (1921-2007), actress; Truman Capote (1924-1984), writer; Elie Wiesel (1928- ), writer/activist; Angie Dickinson (1931- ), actress; Johnny Mathis (1935- ), singer; Fran Drescher (1957- ), actress; Eric Stoltz (1961- ), actor; Jenna Elfman (1971- ), actress; Marion Cotillard (1975- ), actress; Martina Hingis (1980- ), tennis player; T-Pain (1985- ), singer/rapper.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1927, Babe Ruth broke his own record for home runs in a season by hitting his 60th, setting a record that stood for 34 years.

TODAY'S FACT: When Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt set two world records at the World Championships in Berlin in 2009, the city gave him a portrait of himself painted on a 12-foot high chunk of the Berlin Wall that weighed nearly 3 tons.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil." -- Truman Capote

TODAY'S NUMBER: 209 -- total weeks Martina Hingis was the top-ranked women's tennis player, beginning in 1997.

TODAY'S MOON: Between full moon (Sept. 29) and last quarter (Oct. 8).