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Andrews McMeel Almanac for March 10, 2013

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Andrews McMeel Almanac | March 10th, 2013

UNIVERSAL UCLICK ALMANAC

Today is the 69th day of 2013 and the 80th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1862, the U.S. Treasury issued its first paper money.

In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed Ulysses S. Grant's commission to command the U.S. Army.

In 1971, the U.S. Senate passed the 26th Amendment, lowering the minimum voting age to 18.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908), violinist/composer; Albert Fraenkel (1848-1916), physician; Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987), playwright/politician; Chuck Norris (1940- ), actor; Jim Valvano (1946-1993), basketball coach; Sharon Stone (1958- ), actress; Rick Rubin (1963- ), record producer; Rod Woodson (1965- ), football player; Jon Hamm (1971- ), actor; Carrie Underwood (1983- ), singer.

TODAY'S FACT: The first paper money to circulate in the United States was issued in 1690 by the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1995, retired basketball superstar Michael Jordan announced his retirement from baseball after a single season in the minor leagues. Jordan played his comeback game with the NBA's Chicago Bulls nine days later.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Cancer can take away all of my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart, and it cannot touch my soul." -- Jim Valvano

TODAY'S NUMBER: 129.1 million -- Americans who voted in the 2012 presidential election.

TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (March 4) and new moon (March 11).

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Andrews McMeel Almanac for March 09, 2013

Andrews McMeel Almanac by by the Editors at Andrews McMeel Syndication
by the Editors at Andrews McMeel Syndication
Andrews McMeel Almanac | March 9th, 2013

UNIVERSAL UCLICK ALMANAC

Today is the 68th day of 2013 and the 79th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1847, the first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history was launched in the Mexican seaport of Veracruz.

In 1959, Mattel introduced the Barbie doll at the American International Toy Fair in New York City.

In 2004, a Virginia court sentenced the Washington, D.C.-area "Beltway Sniper" John Allen Muhammad to death.

In 2011, the space shuttle Discovery completed its 39th and final flight.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Samuel Barber (1910-1981), composer; Mickey Spillane (1918-2006), author; Walter Kohn (1923- ), physicist/Nobel Prize winner; Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), cosmonaut/first person in space; Raul Julia (1940-1994), actor; Bobby Fischer (1943-2008), chess grandmaster; Charles Gibson (1943- ), TV journalist; Juliette Binoche (1964- ), actress; Brittany Snow (1986- ), actress; Bow Wow (1987- ), actor/rapper.

TODAY'S FACT: Mattel Inc. reports that 90 percent of American girls between ages 3 and 10 own at least one Barbie doll.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1995, league owners unanimously approved the addition of major league baseball expansion franchises in Tampa Bay, Fla., and Arizona.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Hemingway hated me. I sold 200 million books, and he didn't. Of course, most of mine sold for 25 cents, but still ... you look at all this stuff with a grain of salt." -- Mickey Spillane

TODAY'S NUMBER: 148,221,675 -- miles flown by the space shuttle Discovery during its 26 years of operation, the equivalent of 300 round trips to the moon.

TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (March 4) and new moon (March 11).

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Andrews McMeel Almanac for March 08, 2013

Andrews McMeel Almanac by by the Editors at Andrews McMeel Syndication
by the Editors at Andrews McMeel Syndication
Andrews McMeel Almanac | March 8th, 2013

UNIVERSAL UCLICK ALMANAC

Today is the 67th day of 2013 and the 78th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1917, the so-called February Revolution in Russia began with food riots and strikes in Petrograd (St. Petersburg).

In 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that religious education in public schools was unconstitutional.

In 1983, President Ronald Reagan referred to the Soviet Union as an "evil empire" during a speech in Orlando, Fla.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841-1935), Supreme Court justice/author; Cyd Charisse (1922-2008), actress/dancer; Lynn Redgrave (1943-2010), actress; Aidan Quinn (1959- ), actor; Freddie Prinze Jr. (1976- ), actor; James Van Der Beek (1977- ), actor.

TODAY'S FACT: Around 3 million Americans (roughly 1 percent of the U.S. population in 2010) have Russian ancestry.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1936, the first stock car race was held in Daytona Beach, Fla.

TODAY'S QUOTE: " The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

TODAY'S NUMBER: 3.8 million -- American children who attended a religious private school in the 2009-10 school year.

TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (March 4) and new moon (March 11).

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