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Today is the 181st day of 2013 and the 10th day of summer.
TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1936, Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With the Wind" was published.
In 1966, the National Organization for Women (NOW) was formed.
In 1982, the proposed Equal Rights Amendment failed when its ratification deadline passed.
In 2007, an SUV loaded with propane canisters exploded in a terrorist attack at Glasgow airport in Scotland.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Lena Horne (1917-2010), singer; Paul Berg (1926- ), biochemist; Robert Ballard (1942- ), oceanographer; David Alan Grier (1955- ), actor; Vincent D'Onofrio (1959- ), actor; Mike Tyson (1966- ), boxer; Monica Potter (1971- ), actress; Matisyahu (1979- ), rapper; Michael Phelps (1985- ), Olympic swimmer.
TODAY'S FACT: Susan B. Anthony registered and voted in Rochester, N.Y., in 1872. She was arrested and fined $100 for breaking the law.
TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1994, Tonya Harding was stripped of the national figure skating championship and banned for life from the sport for planning an attack that injured rival skater Nancy Kerrigan.
TODAY'S QUOTE: "It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it." -- Lena Horne
TODAY'S NUMBER: 73 -- years that the RMS Titanic rested on the seafloor off the coast of Newfoundland before being discovered by Robert Ballard and crew in September 1985.
TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (June 29) and new moon (July 8).