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Andrews McMeel Almanac for July 01, 2013

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Andrews McMeel Almanac | July 1st, 2013

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Today is the 182nd day of 2013 and the 11th day of summer.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg began.

In 1908, SOS was adopted as the international distress signal.

In 1968, 62 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, signed the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

In 1997, China resumed sovereignty of Hong Kong after 156 years of British rule.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Walter White (1893-1955), NAACP leader; Estee Lauder (1906-2004), cosmetics company co-founder; Jamie Farr (1934- ), actor; Sydney Pollack (1934-2008), filmmaker; Dan Aykroyd (1952- ), actor; Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997); Carl Lewis (1961- ), Olympic athlete; Pamela Anderson (1967- ), actress; Claire Forlani (1972- ), actress; Liv Tyler (1977- ), actress; Forrest Griffin (1979- ), mixed martial artist.

TODAY'S FACT: The International Criminal Court, established on this day in 2002, is an independent institution and is not part of the United Nations.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1903, the first Tour de France bicycle race began in Paris. Of the 60 cyclists who began the nearly 2,500-kilometer race, only 21 finished, including champion Maurice Garin.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "I think the biggest disease the world suffers from in this day and age is the disease of people feeling unloved." -- Diana, Princess of Wales

TODAY'S NUMBER: $150 -- approximate price in U.S. dollars of the first Sony Walkman portable cassette player when it went on sale for the first time, on this day in 1979.

TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (June 29) and new moon (July 8).

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Andrews McMeel Almanac for June 30, 2013

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Andrews McMeel Almanac | June 30th, 2013

UNIVERSAL UCLICK ALMANAC

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).

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Andrews McMeel Almanac for June 29, 2013

Andrews McMeel Almanac by by the Editors at Andrews McMeel Syndication
by the Editors at Andrews McMeel Syndication
Andrews McMeel Almanac | June 29th, 2013

UNIVERSAL UCLICK ALMANAC

Today is the 180th day of 2013 and the ninth day of summer.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the Federal-Aid Highway Act, creating the interstate system.

In 1972, in Furman v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty as it was then applied in the United States was unconstitutional "cruel and unusual punishment."

In 1995, the space shuttle Atlantis docked with the Russian Mir station in orbit for the first time.

In 2007, Apple Inc. released the first iPhone.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Harry Frazee (1881-1929), producer/Red Sox owner; Alan Blumlein (1903-1942), engineer; Leroy Anderson (1908-1975), composer; Harmon Killebrew (1936-2011), baseball player; Gary Busey (1944- ), actor; Richard Lewis (1947- ), actor/comedian; Matthew Weiner (1965- ), TV writer/producer; Joe Johnson (1981- ), basketball player.

TODAY'S FACT: The United States ranked fifth in the world for the highest number of executions in 2012, behind China, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 2004, Arizona Diamondback pitcher Randy Johnson became the fourth pitcher in Major League Baseball with 4,000 career strikeouts.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "The creative conquest of space will serve as a wonderful substitute for war." -- James McDonnell, designer of the Mercury and Gemini spacecraft

TODAY'S NUMBER: 46,876 -- miles of roads in the U.S. interstate highway system.

TODAY'S MOON: Last quarter moon (June 29).

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