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Andrews McMeel Almanac for June 04, 2013

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Andrews McMeel Almanac | June 4th, 2013

UNIVERSAL UCLICK ALMANAC

Today is the 155th day of 2013 and the 77th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1917, the first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded.

In 1942, the Battle of Midway began as the Japanese navy launched a raid on Midway Island.

In 1989, Chinese government troops and tanks crushed a massive demonstration of pro-democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.

In 1998, Terry Nichols was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Robert Merrill (1917-2004), singer; Dennis Weaver (1924-2006), actor; Ruth Westheimer (1928- ), therapist/media personality; Mortimer B. Zuckerman (1937- ), publisher/real estate executive; Noah Wyle (1971- ), actor; Russell Brand (1975- ), comedian/actor; Angelina Jolie (1975- ), actress.

TODAY'S FACT: Union members' wages were about $160 per week higher than non-union workers' wages in 2011.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1927, the United States won golf's first-ever Ryder Cup.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "If you're playing a poker game and you look around the table and you can't tell who the sucker is, it's you." -- Paul Newman

TODAY'S NUMBER: 21 -- Pulitzer Prizes normally awarded each year. Online-only news organizations were eligible for 14 journalism prizes for the first time in 2009.

TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (May 31) and new moon (June 8).

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Andrews McMeel Almanac for June 03, 2013

Andrews McMeel Almanac by by the Editors at Andrews McMeel Syndication
by the Editors at Andrews McMeel Syndication
Andrews McMeel Almanac | June 3rd, 2013

UNIVERSAL UCLICK ALMANAC

Today is the 154th day of 2013 and the 76th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1965, Edward H. White II, an astronaut on Gemini IV, became the first American to "walk" in space.

In 1979, the Ixtoc I oil well in the Gulf of Mexico blew out, spilling more than 600,000 tons of oil over an area of 1,100 square miles.

In 2006, Montenegro formally declared its independence from the Union of Serbia and Montenegro.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), president of the Confederate States of America; Raoul Dufy (1877-1953), artist; Tony Curtis (1925-2010), actor; Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), poet; Chuck Barris (1929- ), game show host; Larry McMurtry (1936- ), author; Curtis Mayfield (1942-1999), songwriter/musician; Anderson Cooper (1967- ), TV journalist; Rafael Nadal (1986- ), tennis player.

TODAY'S FACT: According to the results of the 1860 census, the slave population outnumbered the free population in two states: Mississippi and South Carolina.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1888, the comic baseball poem "Casey at the Bat," by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, was published in the San Francisco Examiner.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "You don't have to be right. All you have to do is be candid." -- Allen Ginsberg

TODAY'S NUMBER: 25 -- length, in feet, of the tether attaching Edward H. White II to the Gemini spacecraft during the first U.S. spacewalk.

TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (May 31) and new moon (June 8).

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Andrews McMeel Almanac for June 02, 2013

Andrews McMeel Almanac by by the Editors at Andrews McMeel Syndication
by the Editors at Andrews McMeel Syndication
Andrews McMeel Almanac | June 2nd, 2013

UNIVERSAL UCLICK ALMANAC

Today is the 153rd day of 2013 and the 75th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1886, President Grover Cleveland married Frances Folsom, becoming the only president to marry in a White House ceremony.

In 1924, an act of Congress granted American Indians U.S. citizenship.

In 1997, Timothy McVeigh was convicted of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.

In 2012, former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the deaths of hundreds of protestors during a 2011 uprising.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Marquis de Sade (1740-1814), author/politician; Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), poet/novelist; Edward Elgar (1857-1934), composer; Johnny Weissmuller (1904-1984), Olympic swimmer/actor; Charlie Watts (1941- ), drummer; Marvin Hamlisch (1944-2012), composer; Dennis Haysbert (1954- ), actor; Wayne Brady (1972- ), actor/comedian; Zachary Quinto (1977- ), actor; Fabrizio Moretti (1980- ), musician.

TODAY'S FACT: The White House has hosted 21 weddings, nine of which were for children of sitting presidents.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1935, baseball legend Babe Ruth retired.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his success." -- Marquis de Sade

TODAY'S NUMBER: 336,337 -- official Indian population in 1920, according to the U.S. Census.

TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (May 31) and new moon (June 8).

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