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Today is the 129th day of 2013 and the 51st day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson issued the first presidential proclamation calling for a national Mother's Day holiday.

In 1961, Newton Minow, newly appointed chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, gave a speech to broadcasters in which he described network TV programming as a "vast wasteland."

In 1974, the U.S. House of Representatives opened impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: J.M. Barrie (1860-1937), playwright; Howard Carter (1874-1939), archaeologist; Mike Wallace (1918-2012), journalist; Candice Bergen (1946- ), actress; Billy Joel (1949- ), musician; Tony Gwynn (1960- ), baseball player; Rosario Dawson (1979- ), actress; Prince Fielder (1984- ), baseball player.

TODAY'S FACT: The top-rated TV show in the United States in 1961 was the long-running Western series "Gunsmoke."

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1984, the White Sox finally defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 in a 25-inning game that had been suspended from the day before. It was the longest timed game in Major League Baseball history to date, at 8 hours and 6 minutes.

TODAY'S QUOTE: " Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else." -- J.M. Barrie

TODAY'S NUMBER: 27 -- current member nations in the European Union. Croatia is an acceding country set to join on July 1, 2013. Iceland, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey are candidates for membership.

TODAY'S MOON: New moon (May 9).

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Today is the 128th day of 2013 and the 50th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1886, prohibition in Atlanta spurred the sale of the first Coca-Cola soft drink.

In 1973, a 10-week standoff in Wounded Knee, S.D., between federal authorities and American Indian Movement activists ended.

In 1984, the Soviet Union announced that it would boycott that year's Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Harry S. Truman (1884-1972), 33rd U.S. president; Don Rickles (1926- ), comedian/actor; Sonny Liston (1932-1970), boxer; Thomas Pynchon (1937- ), novelist; Mike D'Antoni (1951- ), basketball coach; Bill Cowher (1957- ), football coach/analyst; Lovie Smith (1958- ), football coach; Enrique Iglesias (1975- ), singer; Adrian Gonzalez (1982- ), baseball player.

TODAY'S FACT: In 1999, Nancy Mace became the first female cadet to graduate from The Citadel, a military college in South Carolina.

TODAY'S SPORTS: The United States won 174 medals, including a record 83 gold medals, at the Soviet-boycotted 1984 Summer Olympics.

TODAY'S QUOTE: " All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway." -- Harry S. Truman

TODAY'S NUMBER: 1.8 billion -- average number of servings of Coca-Cola sold daily in 2012.

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

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Today is the 127th day of 2013 and the 49th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1915, a German U-boat sank the RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 off the coast of Ireland.

In 1945, Germany unconditionally surrendered and withdrew from World War II.

In 2000, Vladimir Putin assumed the presidency in Russia's first democratic change of office.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), composer; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), composer; Gary Cooper (1901-1961), actor; Eva Peron (1919-1952), Argentine first lady/actress; Johnny Unitas (1933-2002), football player; Tim Russert (1950-2008), journalist; Breckin Meyer (1974- ), actor.

TODAY'S FACT: In 1977, Seattle Slew won the Kentucky Derby. The horse went on to win the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes, becoming the 10th horse to win the Triple Crown and the only winner to do so while undefeated.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1982, a jury ruled in favor of Raiders owner Al Davis in an antitrust lawsuit against the NFL, allowing Davis to move the team from Oakland, Calif., to Los Angeles.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "The best exercise of the human heart is reaching down and picking someone else up." -- Tim Russert

TODAY'S NUMBER: 7 -- symphonies composed by Tchaikovsky.

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