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Andrews McMeel Almanac for June 10, 2013

Andrews McMeel Almanac by by the Editors at Andrews McMeel Syndication
by the Editors at Andrews McMeel Syndication
Andrews McMeel Almanac | June 10th, 2013

UNIVERSAL UCLICK ALMANAC

Today is the 161st day of 2013 and the 83rd day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1935, Dr. Robert Smith and Bill Wilson founded Alcoholics Anonymous.

In 1967, Israel and Syria agreed to a cease-fire, ending the Six-Day War.

In 2003, NASA launched the Mars exploration rover Spirit from Cape Canaveral, Fla.

In 2007, HBO aired the final episode of the critically acclaimed series "The Sopranos."

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Prince Philip (1921- ), husband of Queen Elizabeth II; Judy Garland (1922-1969), actress/singer; Maurice Sendak (1928-2012), author/illustrator; John Edwards (1953- ), politician; Eliot Spitzer (1959- ), politician; Jeanne Tripplehorn (1963- ), actress; Elizabeth Hurley (1965- ), model/actress; Bobby Jindal (1971- ), politician; Tara Lipinski (1982- ), figure skater; Andy Schleck (1985- ), cyclist; Kate Upton (1992- ), model/actress.

TODAY'S FACT: Texas (152,000) and California (134,000) have the largest prisoner populations in the United States.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1978, Affirmed won horse racing's Triple Crown. No horse has won the Triple Crown since.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "You cannot write for children. They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them." -- Maurice Sendak

TODAY'S NUMBER: 15 -- age of Joe Nuxhall when he pitched two-thirds of an inning for the Cincinnati Reds on this day in 1944. Nuxhall remains the youngest player to ever play in a major league baseball game.

TODAY'S MOON: Between new moon (June 8) and first quarter moon (June 16).

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Andrews McMeel Almanac for June 09, 2013

Andrews McMeel Almanac by by the Editors at Andrews McMeel Syndication
by the Editors at Andrews McMeel Syndication
Andrews McMeel Almanac | June 9th, 2013

UNIVERSAL UCLICK ALMANAC

Today is the 160th day of 2013 and the 82nd day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1790, John Barry's "The Philadelphia Spelling Book" became the first copyrighted work in the United States.

In 1954, Army counsel Joseph Welch confronted Sen. Joseph McCarthy during the Army-McCarthy hearings.

In 1999, Yugoslavia signed a peace treaty pledging that Serbian forces would withdraw from Kosovo in 11 days.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Cole Porter (1891-1964), composer; Robert Cummings (1910-1990), actor; Robert McNamara (1916-2009), World Bank head/U.S. secretary of defense; Les Paul (1915-2009), musician/inventor; Dick Vitale (1939- ), sportscaster; Michael J. Fox (1961- ), actor; Johnny Depp (1963- ), actor; Natalie Portman (1981- ), actress.

TODAY'S FACT: Secretariat, who claimed horse racing's Triple Crown on this day in 1973, was one of three non-human athletes included in ESPN's list of the 100 greatest 20th-century athletes.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 2010, the Chicago Blackhawks won Game 6 of the Stanley Cup series 4-3 over the Philadelphia Flyers, claiming their first NHL championship since 1961.

TODAY'S QUOTE: " Discipline is just doing the same thing the right way whether anyone's watching or not." -- Michael J. Fox

TODAY'S NUMBER: 5 -- weeks that Robert McNamara served as the president of Ford Motor Co. before he was appointed the secretary of defense in 1960. McNamara was the first Ford president to not be related to founder Henry Ford.

TODAY'S MOON: Between new moon (June 8) and first quarter moon (June 16).

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Andrews McMeel Almanac for June 08, 2013

Andrews McMeel Almanac by by the Editors at Andrews McMeel Syndication
by the Editors at Andrews McMeel Syndication
Andrews McMeel Almanac | June 8th, 2013

UNIVERSAL UCLICK ALMANAC

Today is the 159th day of 2013 and the 81st day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1789, James Madison, then a member of the House of Representatives, proposed the Bill of Rights to Congress.

In 1949, George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four" was published.

In 1968, James Earl Ray, who was suspected of assassinating Martin Luther King Jr., was arrested in London.

In 1982, President Ronald Reagan became the first U.S. president to address a joint session of the British Parliament.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Robert Schumann (1810-1856), composer; Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), architect; Francis Crick (1916-2004), biophysicist; Jerry Stiller (1927- ), comedian/actor; Joan Rivers (1933- ), comedian/actress; Tim Berners-Lee (1955- ), World Wide Web inventor; Julianna Margulies (1966- ), actress; Kanye West (1977- ), musician; Kim Clijsters (1983- ), tennis player.

TODAY'S FACT: Between 1980 and 2010, the percentage of the U.S. population that was foreign-born grew from 6.2 percent to 12.9 percent.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1966, the National Football League and the American Football League announced their merger as the NFL, with American and National conferences.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the age of 50, and a fool if he doesn't afterward." -- Frank Lloyd Wright

TODAY'S NUMBER: 65 -- congressmen who served in the first session of the House of Representatives (1789-1791).

TODAY'S MOON: New moon (June 8).

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