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Andrews McMeel Almanac for May 04, 2013

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Andrews McMeel Almanac | May 4th, 2013

UNIVERSAL UCLICK ALMANAC

Today is the 124th day of 2013 and the 46th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1886, a labor demonstration in Chicago's Haymarket Square turned violent when a bomb exploded and demonstrators began rioting.

In 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen killed four students at Kent State University during an anti-war protest.

In 1979, Margaret Thatcher became the first female prime minister in British history.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Horace Mann (1796-1859), educator; Jane Jacobs (1916-2006), author/activist; Hosni Mubarak (1928- ), former president of Egypt; Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993), actress/UNICEF ambassador; Roberta Peters (1930- ), opera singer; Dick Dale (1937- ), guitarist; Randy Travis (1959- ), musician; Will Arnett (1970- ), actor; Lance Bass (1979- ), singer.

TODAY'S FACT: About 14.3 million Americans were members of a labor union in 2012.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1936, "Joltin'" Joe DiMaggio made his major-league debut with the New York Yankees.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen." -- Horace Mann

TODAY'S NUMBER: 5 -- Oscars for which Audrey Hepburn was nominated in the Best Actress category. She won once.

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

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Andrews McMeel Almanac for May 03, 2013

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Andrews McMeel Almanac | May 3rd, 2013

UNIVERSAL UCLICK ALMANAC

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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Andrews McMeel Almanac for May 02, 2013

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Andrews McMeel Almanac | May 2nd, 2013

UNIVERSAL UCLICK ALMANAC

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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