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Today is the 79th day of 2013 and the first day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1922, the USS Langley was commissioned as the first U.S. Navy aircraft carrier.

In 1952, the U.S. Senate ratified a peace treaty returning sovereignty to Japan.

In 1987, the FDA approved AZT, a drug shown to delay the development of AIDS and to prevent the transmission of HIV from mother to child during birth.

In 1995, members of the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo released sarin gas into the Tokyo Metro subway system, killing 13 and injuring more than 1,000.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: B.F. Skinner (1904-1990), psychologist; Sir Michael Redgrave (1908-1985), actor; Carl Reiner (1922- ), comedy writer/director/performer; Fred Rogers (1928-2003), TV personality; William Hurt (1950- ), actor; Spike Lee (1957- ), filmmaker; Holly Hunter (1958- ), actress; Kathy Ireland (1963- ), model/actress; David Thewlis (1963- ), actor.

TODAY'S FACT: The constitution of Japan, adopted in 1947, forbids the country from participating in wars.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1934, Mildred "Babe" Didrikson pitched one inning of exhibition baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics in a game against the Brooklyn Dodgers. She allowed one walk and no hits.

TODAY'S QUOTE: " We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading." -- B.F. Skinner

TODAY'S NUMBER: 1 -- acting credit on the resume of Fred Rogers in which the actor portrayed anyone other than the host of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood." Rogers portrayed a reverend on one episode of "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" in 1996.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (March 19) and full moon (March 27).

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Today is the 78th day of 2013 and the 89th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1918, the U.S. Congress established time zones and approved daylight saving time.

In 1931, the Nevada state legislature voted to legalize gambling.

In 1953, the 25th Academy Awards were featured in the first Oscars telecast.

In 2003, President George W. Bush announced the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: David Livingstone (1813-1873), physician/explorer; Wyatt Earp (1848-1929), lawman/gunfighter; William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925), politician; Earl Warren (1891-1974), chief justice of the United States; Philip Roth (1933- ), writer; Glenn Close (1947- ), actress; Bruce Willis (1955- ), actor.

TODAY'S FACT: The Best Actress category of the 85th Academy Awards (held on Feb. 24, 2013) featured both the oldest and the youngest female nominees for a lead acting Oscar. Emmanuelle Riva ("Amour") was age 86 and Quvenzhane Wallis ("Beasts of the Southern Wild") was age 9.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1995, NBA superstar Michael Jordan scored 19 points against the Indiana Pacers in his first game back with the Chicago Bulls after almost two years of retirement.

TODAY'S QUOTE: " Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved." -- William Jennings Bryan

TODAY'S NUMBER: $6.1 billion -- Total gaming revenue for the Las Vegas Strip in 2011.

TODAY'S MOON: First quarter moon (March 19).

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Today is the 77th day of 2013 and the 88th day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1852, Henry Wells, William G. Fargo and a group of investors founded Wells, Fargo and Co.

In 1965, Russian cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov made the first spacewalk.

In 1990, two men stole 13 pieces valued at $300 million from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), 22nd and 24th U.S. president; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), composer; George Plimpton (1927-2003), author/actor; Bonnie Blair (1953- ), Olympic speed-skater; Vanessa Williams (1963- ), actress/singer; Queen Latifah (1970- ), actress/singer; Dane Cook (1972- ), comedian; Adam Levine (1979- ), musician/TV personality.

TODAY'S FACT: Among the 13 works stolen in Boston's Gardner Museum art theft in 1990 was "The Concert," a painting by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. It is considered the most valuable unrecovered stolen painting in the world, with an estimated value of $200 million.

TODAY'S SPORTS: Olympic speed-skater Bonnie Blair, born this day in 1953, is the most decorated female U.S. Winter Olympian, with five gold medals and one bronze.

TODAY'S QUOTE: " A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil." -- Grover Cleveland

TODAY'S NUMBER: 3 -- number of NATO member countries that possess nuclear weapons: the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

TODAY'S MOON: Between new moon (March 11) and first quarter moon (March 19).