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Today is the 142nd day of 2013 and the 64th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1807, former vice president Aaron Burr was indicted for treason.

In 1947, President Harry Truman signed the Truman Doctrine, appropriating military and economic aid for Greece and Turkey to combat the spread of Communism.

In 1992, Johnny Carson hosted NBC's "Tonight Show" for the last time.

In 2011, a tornado struck Joplin, Mo., claiming an estimated 161 lives and destroying nearly 7,000 houses.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Richard Wagner (1813-1883), composer; Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), artist; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), writer; Laurence Olivier (1907-1989), actor/director; Charles Aznavour (1924- ), singer/songwriter/actor; Morrissey (1959- ), singer; Naomi Campbell (1970- ), fashion model; Ginnifer Goodwin (1978- ), actress; Apolo Ohno (1982- ), speed skater.

TODAY'S FACT: A group of Confederate Army veterans formed the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tenn., in 1865.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 2003, Annika Sorenstam became the first woman golfer since Babe Didrikson in 1945 to officially compete against men at a PGA tour event.

TODAY'S QUOTE: " There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact." -- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Boscombe Valley Mystery"

TODAY'S NUMBER: 73 -- electoral votes received by both Aaron Burr and rival Thomas Jefferson in the 1800 presidential election. The House of Representatives cast the deciding votes, making Jefferson president and Burr vice president.

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

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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).