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Andrews McMeel Almanac for June 15, 2013

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Andrews McMeel Almanac | June 15th, 2013

UNIVERSAL UCLICK ALMANAC

Today is the 166th day of 2013 and the 88th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1846, Britain and the United States settled the boundary dispute between the U.S. and Canada in the Pacific Northwest.

In 1877, Henry Ossian Flipper became the first African-American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.

In 1864, Arlington National Cemetery was established.

In 1994, Israel and the Vatican established formal diplomatic relations.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), composer/pianist; Mario Cuomo (1932- ), politician; Waylon Jennings (1937-2002), singer; Mike Holmgren (1948- ), football coach/executive; Jim Belushi (1954- ), actor; Helen Hunt (1963- ), actress; Courteney Cox (1964- ), actress; Ice Cube (1969- ), rapper/actor; Andy Pettitte (1972- ), baseball player; Neil Patrick Harris (1973- ), actor; Tim Lincecum (1984- ), baseball player.

TODAY'S FACT: Excluding 1,538 miles in Alaska, the U.S.-Canada border is 3,987 miles long.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1928, baseball great Ty Cobb stole home plate for his 54th and last time, establishing a major league record that still stands.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "I've always been crazy but it's kept me from going insane." -- Waylon Jennings

TODAY'S NUMBER: 2 -- U.S. presidents buried at Arlington National Cemetery (William H. Taft and John F. Kennedy).

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

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Andrews McMeel Almanac for June 14, 2013

Andrews McMeel Almanac by by the Editors at Andrews McMeel Syndication
by the Editors at Andrews McMeel Syndication
Andrews McMeel Almanac | June 14th, 2013

UNIVERSAL UCLICK ALMANAC

Today is the 165th day of 2013 and the 87th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1775, the U.S. Army was established.

In 1777, the Continental Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag.

In 1900, Hawaii became a territory of the United States.

In 1982, Argentine troops surrendered their last stronghold in the Falkland Islands to the British, ending the Falklands War.

In 2007, Palestine's Fatah-Hamas unity government was dissolved after Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), novelist; Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915), physician; Burl Ives (1909-1995), singer/actor; Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928-1967), revolutionary leader; Donald Trump (1946- ), businessman; Pat Summitt (1952- ), basketball coach; Boy George (1961- ), singer; Steffi Graf (1969- ), tennis player; Diablo Cody (1978- ), screenwriter; Kevin McHale (1988- ), actor.

TODAY'S FACT: The highest rank in the Army, General of the Armies, was created for John Pershing in 1911. The rank was awarded posthumously to George Washington in 1976.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1876, Philadelphia's George Hall became the first Major League Baseball player to hit for the cycle: a single, double, triple and home run in the same game.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Friendships are discovered rather than made." -- Harriet Beecher Stowe

TODAY'S NUMBER: 1,426 -- billionaires in the world as of March 2013, which set a new record both for number of billionaires worldwide and for their total net worth ($5.4 trillion).

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

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Andrews McMeel Almanac for June 13, 2013

Andrews McMeel Almanac by by the Editors at Andrews McMeel Syndication
by the Editors at Andrews McMeel Syndication
Andrews McMeel Almanac | June 13th, 2013

UNIVERSAL UCLICK ALMANAC

Today is the 164th day of 2013 and the 86th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1934, German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini met in Venice, Italy, prompting Mussolini to later refer to Hitler as "a silly little monkey."

In 1966, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Miranda v. Arizona that police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.

In 1967, Thurgood Marshall became the first African-American Supreme Court justice.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), poet/dramatist; Harold "Red" Grange (1903-1991), football player; John Forbes Nash Jr. (1928- ), mathematician; Christo (1935- ), artist; Ban Ki-moon (1944- ), U.N. secretary-general; Stellan Skarsgard (1951- ), actor; Tim Allen (1953- ), actor; Chris Evans (1981- ), actor; Kat Dennings (1986- ), actress; Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen (1986- ), actresses.

TODAY'S FACT: Snigdha Nandipati, a 14-year-old from San Diego, won the 85th Scripps National Spelling Bee in 2012 by correctly spelling the word "guetapens," a French-derived word that means "ambush, snare or trap."

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1948, Babe Ruth appeared at Yankee Stadium for the last time, on the occasion of the New York Yankees' Silver Anniversary Day, during which his No. 3 jersey was ceremonially retired.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind." -- William Butler Yeats

TODAY'S NUMBER: 73.7 million -- estimated combined population of North and South Korea in mid-2013.

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

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