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Today is the 141st day of 2013 and the 63rd day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1881, the American Red Cross was established.

In 1901, Connecticut became the first state to enact a speed-limit law, limiting motor vehicle speeds to 12 miles per hour in the city and 15 mph on country roads.

In 1979, former San Francisco city supervisor Dan White was convicted of manslaughter in the deaths of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Alexander Pope (1688-1744), poet; Henri Rousseau (1844-1910), artist; Fats Waller (1904-1943), pianist/songwriter; Raymond Burr (1917-1993), actor; Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989), physicist/Russian dissident; Al Franken (1951- ), politician/comedian; Laurence "Mr. T" Tureaud (1952- ), actor; Lisa Edelstein (1967- ), actress; Josh Hamilton (1981- ), baseball player.

TODAY'S FACT: Within one month of the January 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti, the American Red Cross had raised $255 million for the relief and recovery effort.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1978, 21-year-old rookie professional golfer Nancy Lopez won her first Coca-Cola Classic, defeating Joanne Carter on the first hole of a sudden death playoff.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "The learned is happy, nature to explore; the fool is happy, that he knows no more." -- Alexander Pope

TODAY'S NUMBER: 456 -- height (in feet) of Kingda Ka, the world's tallest roller coaster. The ride opened at the Six Flags Great Adventure theme park in Jackson, N.J., on this day in 2005.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (May 17) and full moon (May 24).

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Today is the 140th day of 2013 and the 62nd day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, which provided Western settlers free land for farms.

In 1927, Charles Lindbergh departed for Paris from Long Island, N.Y., on the first solo nonstop trans-Atlantic flight.

In 1961, a mob of 300 white segregationists attacked a busload of "Freedom Riders" in Montgomery, Ala., requiring federal intervention.

In 2006, Nouri al-Maliki took office as prime minister of Iraq.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Honore de Balzac (1799-1850), novelist; John Stuart Mill (1806-1873), philosopher; Jimmy Stewart (1908-1997), actor; Joe Cocker (1944- ), singer; Cher (1946- ), singer/actress; Ted Allen (1965- ), TV personality; Timothy Olyphant (1968- ), actor; Tony Stewart (1971- ), race car driver; Busta Rhymes (1972- ), rapper; Matt Czuchry (1977- ), actor.

TODAY'S FACT: In 1932, Amelia Earhart departed from Newfoundland on the first solo nonstop trans-Atlantic flight by a female. She landed in Ireland the next day.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1989, Sunday Silence beat Easy Goer by a nose in the 115th Preakness Stakes, the horse race's closest margin.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak." -- John Stuart Mill

TODAY'S NUMBER: 270 million -- acres of U.S. land given away through the Homestead Act.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (May 17) and full moon (May 24).

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Today is the 139th day of 2013 and the 61st day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1536, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, was beheaded for alleged adultery.

In 1921, the United States Congress passed the Emergency Quota Act, setting a national quota system for immigration.

In 1962, Marilyn Monroe performed an infamously seductive rendition of "Happy Birthday" for President John F. Kennedy, a week before his birthday.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), North Vietnamese leader; Malcolm X (1925-1965), civil rights leader; Nora Ephron (1941-2012), filmmaker/writer; Pete Townshend (1945- ), musician; Grace Jones (1948- ), singer/actress; Archie Manning (1949- ), football player; Joey Ramone (1951-2001), singer/songwriter; Kevin Garnett (1976- ), basketball player; Georges St. Pierre (1981- ), mixed martial artist.

TODAY'S FACT: In his late 20s, future Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh lived in Paris, where he worked retouching photos.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1991, Willy T. Ribbs became the first African-American driver to qualify for the Indianapolis 500.

TODAY'S QUOTE: " If you have no critics you'll likely have no success." -- Malcolm X

TODAY'S NUMBER: 39 -- months that Anne Boleyn was married to Henry VIII before her execution.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (May 17) and full moon (May 24).