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Today is the 96th day of 2013 and the 18th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1830, Joseph Smith established the Mormon Church in Fayette Township, N.Y.

In 1896, the first modern Olympic Games opened in Athens, 1,500 years after the last recorded original games.

In 1917, the United States formally entered World War I by declaring war on Germany.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Lincoln Steffens (1866-1936), journalist; Gerry Mulligan (1927-1996), jazz musician; Merle Haggard (1937- ), singer; Billy Dee Williams (1937- ), actor; Barry Levinson (1942- ), director/producer; John Ratzenberger (1947- ), actor; Michael Rooker (1955- ), actor; Paul Rudd (1969- ), actor; Zach Braff (1975- ), actor.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 2004, the University of Connecticut became the first university to win the NCAA Division I men's and women's basketball championships in the same year.

TODAY'S FACT: Florence Green, the last surviving veteran of World War I, died in February 2012 at the age of 110.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization." -- Lincoln Steffens

TODAY'S NUMBER: 25 -- world records set at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (April 2) and new moon (April 10).

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Today is the 95th day of 2013 and the 17th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1792, George Washington cast the first presidential veto, striking down a bill that concerned representative apportionment among the states.

In 1955, Winston Churchill resigned as prime minister of Great Britain due to failing health.

In 2010, an explosion at the Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia killed 29 miners.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), philosopher; Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), writer/educator; Spencer Tracy (1900-1967), actor; Bette Davis (1908-1989), actress; Gregory Peck (1916-2003), actor; Colin Powell (1937- ), U.S. Army general/diplomat; Mitch Pileggi (1952- ), actor; Pharrell Williams (1973- ), rapper/producer.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1984, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Los Angeles Lakers scored his 31,420th career point, breaking the NBA's all-time scoring record.

TODAY'S FACT: The total number of women veterans in the United States was 1.9 million in 2011.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." -- Winston Churchill

TODAY'S NUMBER: 635 -- number of vetoes cast by Franklin D. Roosevelt during his multiple terms as U.S. president, from 1933 to 1945.

TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (April 2) and new moon (April 10).

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Today is the 94th day of 2013 and the 16th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1949, 12 nations signed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) pact.

In 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tenn.

In 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft in Albuquerque, N.M.

In 2003, U.S. military forces seized Saddam International Airport in Baghdad.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Tris Speaker (1888-1958), baseball player; Robert Sherwood (1896-1955), playwright; Marguerite Duras (1914-1996), writer; Muddy Waters (1915-1983), blues musician; Maya Angelou (1928- ), poet/author; Craig T. Nelson (1944- ), actor; Hugo Weaving (1960- ), actor; David Cross (1964- ), actor/comedian; Robert Downey Jr. (1965- ), actor; David Blaine (1973- ), magician; Heath Ledger (1979-2008), actor.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1982, Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers finished the season with 212 points. He remains the only player in NHL history to top 200 points in a season.

TODAY'S FACT: The two official languages of NATO are English and French.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." -- Maya Angelou

TODAY'S NUMBER: 300,000 -- people who attended the funeral of Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta.

TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (April 2) and new moon (April 10).