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Today is the 123rd day of 2013 and the 45th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1802, Washington, D.C., was incorporated as a city.

In 1921, West Virginia approved the first state sales tax.

In 1973, construction was completed on Chicago's Sears Tower (later renamed the Willis Tower), the tallest building in the world at the time.

In 2006, Zacarias Moussaoui, convicted of conspiracy in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, was sentenced to life in prison.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), statesman/philosopher; Golda Meir (1898-1978), Israeli prime minister; Bing Crosby (1903-1977), singer/actor; Pete Seeger (1919- ), singer; Sugar Ray Robinson (1921-1989), boxer; James Brown (1933-2006), singer; Frankie Valli (1934- ), singer; Greg Gumbel (1946- ), sportscaster; Damon Dash (1971- ), entrepreneur; Christina Hendricks (1975- ), actress; Dule Hill (1975- ), actor; Cheryl Burke (1984- ), dancer.

TODAY'S FACT: Residents of Washington, D.C., did not receive the right to vote in presidential elections until the 23rd Amendment was passed in 1961.

TODAY'S SPORTS: in 1987, Julius Erving of the Philadelphia 76ers played his final game, finishing with 30,026 points, 10,525 rebounds and 5,176 assists in his professional basketball (ABA and NBA) career.

TODAY'S QUOTE: " Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't." -- Pete Seeger

TODAY'S NUMBER: 23 -- hours of solitary confinement each day for prisoners at the so-called supermax prison in Florence, Colo., where Zacarias Moussaoui is imprisoned.

TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (May 2) and new moon (May 9).

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Today is the 122nd day of 2013 and the 44th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1611, the King James Bible was first published in London.

In 1918, General Motors Corp. purchased Chevrolet Motor Co.

In 1945, tens of thousands of German troops in Berlin surrendered to the Soviet Union's Red Army.

In 2007, the International Criminal Court issued the first two arrest warrants for individuals accused of war crimes in Darfur, Sudan.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Benjamin Spock (1903-1998), author/physician; Engelbert Humperdinck (1936- ), singer; Christine Baranski (1952- ), actress; Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (1972- ), wrestler/actor; David Beckham (1975- ), soccer player; Lily Allen (1985- ), singer.

TODAY'S FACT: There are 66 books in the King James Bible, 39 of which are in the Old Testament.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1939, "The Iron Horse" Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees benched himself for poor play, ending his streak of consecutive games played at 2,130.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "There are only two things a child will share willingly -- communicable diseases and his mother's age." -- Benjamin Spock

TODAY'S NUMBER: 80 -- air combat victories credited to German fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen, the infamous Red Baron of World War I, who was born on this day in 1892.

TODAY'S MOON: Last quarter moon (May 2).

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Today is the 121st day of 2013 and the 43rd day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1898, the U.S. Navy, led by Commodore George Dewey, defeated the Spanish Pacific fleet in the first battle of the Spanish-American War.

In 1948, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) was established, with Kim Il Sung as president.

In 2011, the United States was notified that U.S. forces had killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaida and mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, in a nighttime raid in Pakistan.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Martha "Calamity Jane" Burke (1852-1903), frontierswoman; Jack Paar (1918-2004), TV host; Joseph Heller (1923-1999), writer; John Woo (1946- ), filmmaker; Tim McGraw (1967- ), musician; Wes Anderson (1969- ), filmmaker; Wes Welker (1981- ), football player.

TODAY'S FACT: Japan formally annexed Korea in 1910 and held possession of the former "Hermit Kingdom" until after World War II.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1991, Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics stole his 939th base, setting a new major-league record. Later that evening, Texas Rangers pitcher Nolan Ryan threw his seventh career no-hitter, breaking his own record.

TODAY'S QUOTE: " Looking back, my life seems like one long obstacle race, with me as the chief obstacle." -- Jack Paar

TODAY'S NUMBER: 4 -- months that the Spanish-American War lasted.

TODAY'S MOON: Between full moon (April 25) and last quarter moon (May 2).