Today is the 76th day of 2014 and the 87th day of winter.
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TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1861, Italy -- excluding Rome and Venice -- was unified as a nation under King Victor Emmanuel II.
In 1905, Franklin D. Roosevelt married distant cousin Eleanor Roosevelt.
In 1950, physics researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, announced the creation of californium, the radioactive 98th element.
In 1995, the FDA licensed Varivax, the first chicken pox vaccine.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Gottlieb Daimler (1834-1900), engineer/inventor; Paul Green (1894-1981), playwright; Bobby Jones (1902-1971), golfer; Bayard Rustin (1912-1987), civil rights activist; Nat King Cole (1919-1965), singer; Kurt Russell (1951- ), actor; Gary Sinise (1955- ), actor; Rob Lowe (1964- ), actor; Billy Corgan (1967- ), singer-songwriter; Mia Hamm (1972- ), soccer player.
TODAY'S FACT: Gottlieb Daimler is credited with building the first internal combustion motorcycle in 1885.
TODAY'S SPORTS: In 2005, six Major League Baseball players, including All-Star sluggers Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire, appeared before a congressional hearing on steroid use.
TODAY'S QUOTE: "Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots -- but you have to play the ball where it lies." -- Bobby Jones
TODAY'S NUMBER: 13 -- elements in the periodic table that were identified before the year A.D. 1.
TODAY'S MOON: Between full moon (March 16) and last quarter moon (March 23).