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Today is the 97th day of 2013 and the 19th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1712, slaves in New York City launched a revolt, killing nine white slave holders.

In 1862, Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant defeated Confederate troops in the Battle of Shiloh.

In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower suggested during a press conference that the fall of French Indochina to communism could create a "domino" effect in Southeast Asia.

In 1994, civil war and ethnic genocide began in Rwanda, claiming an estimated 500,000 to one million lives over the next several months.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: William Wordsworth (1770-1850), poet; Billie Holiday (1915-1959), jazz singer; Ravi Shankar (1920-2012), musician; James Garner (1928- ), actor; Francis Ford Coppola (1939- ), filmmaker; Stan Winston (1946-2008), special effects artist; Jackie Chan (1954- ), actor; James "Buster" Douglas (1960- ), boxer; Russell Crowe (1964- ), actor; Tiki and Ronde Barber (1975- ), football players.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1963, at age 23, golfer Jack Nicklaus won the first of his six Masters titles.

TODAY'S FACT: In a 2013 Pew Research survey, 48 percent of gun owners cited "protection" as their top reason for owning a gun, an increase from 26 percent in 1999.

TODAY'S QUOTE: " And yet the wiser minds mourns less for what age takes away than what it leaves behind." -- William Wordsworth, from "The Fountain"

TODAY'S NUMBER: 1,925 -- performances of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific" during its original Broadway run, which began on this day in 1949.

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

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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).