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Today is the 115th day of 2013 and the 37th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1859, German and French engineers began construction on the Suez Canal in Egypt.

In 1901, New York became the first state to begin requiring automobile license plates.

In 1945, U.S. and Soviet troops met at the Elbe River in Germany, signaling the defeat of German defenses.

In 2011, a tornado outbreak in the southern United States killed more than 300 people.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), soldier/statesman; Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965), journalist; Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996), singer; Al Pacino (1940- ), actor; Hank Azaria (1964- ), actor; Joe Buck (1969- ), sports broadcaster; Renee Zellweger (1969- ), actress; Jason Lee (1970- ), actor; Tim Duncan (1976- ), basketball player.

TODAY'S FACT: Edward R. Murrow's middle name was Roscoe.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1950, Chuck Cooper became the first African-American drafted into the NBA when he was selected by the Boston Celtics.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will." -- Oliver Cromwell

TODAY'S NUMBER: 26,723 -- nautical miles traveled by the U.S. Navy's nuclear-powered submarine USS Triton during its 60-day, 21-hour submerged circumnavigation of the world, completed on this day in 1960.

TODAY'S MOON: Full moon (April 25).

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Today is the 114th day of 2013 and the 36th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1898, Spain declared war on the United States.

In 1916, the Irish Republican Brotherhood began the Easter Uprising in Dublin, Ireland, seizing several key locations and proclaiming Irish independence.

In 1980, the United States launched Operation Eagle Claw, an unsuccessful attempt to free American hostages in Iran that resulted in the deaths of eight U.S. servicemen.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), artist; Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989), novelist/poet; Shirley MacLaine (1934- ), actress; Sue Grafton (1940- ), novelist; Barbra Streisand (1942- ), singer/actress; Cedric the Entertainer (1964- ), comedian/actor; Djimon Hounsou (1964- ), actor; Aidan Gillen (1968- ), actor; Damon Lindelof (1973- ), TV writer/executive; Kelly Clarkson (1982- ), singer.

TODAY'S FACT: In 2012, American plastic surgeons performed 14.6 million cosmetic procedures; 1.6 million of these procedures were surgical, while the rest were "minimally invasive."

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1901, the first American League game was played. The Chicago White Stockings defeated the Cleveland Blues, 8-2.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Historical sense and poetic sense should not, in the end, be contradictory, for if poetry is the little myth we make, history is the big myth we live, and in our living, constantly remake." -- Robert Penn Warren

TODAY'S NUMBER: 14 -- teams in Major League Baseball's modern American League.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (April 18) and full moon (April 25).

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Today is the 113th day of 2013 and the 35th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1635, the first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston, Massachusetts.

In 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt created the U.S. Army Reserve.

In 1968, students protesting the Vietnam War at Columbia University in New York City began occupying campus buildings.

In 1969, Sirhan Sirhan received the death penalty for assassinating Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. His sentence was reduced to life imprisonment in 1972.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: William Shakespeare (1564-1616), playwright; Max Planck (1858-1947), physicist; Shirley Temple Black (1928- ), actress/diplomat; Roy Orbison (1936-1988), musician; Lee Majors (1939- ), actor; Sandra Dee (1942-2005), actress; Michael Moore (1954- ), filmmaker; George Lopez (1961- ), comedian/TV personality; John Cena (1977- ), wrestler/actor; Dev Patel (1990- ), actor.

TODAY'S FACT: Shirley Temple Black won the first-ever Academy Juvenile Award in 1935, at age 6. The special Oscar was presented for the final time to 14-year-old Hayley Mills in 1961.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1954, Milwaukee Braves rookie Hank Aaron hit his first major-league home run.

TODAY'S QUOTE: " When I was 14, I was the oldest I ever was. I've been getting younger ever since." -- Shirley Temple Black

TODAY'S NUMBER: 77 -- days that "New Coke," introduced on this day in 1985, was on the market before Coca-Cola reintroduced the soft drink's original formula, under the name "Classic Coke."

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (April 18) and full moon (April 25).