Today is the 88th day of 2015 and the 10th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1867, the Dominion of Canada was established.

In 1951, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.

In 1973, the last U.S. troops left South Vietnam, bringing an end to direct U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War.

In 1999, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 10,000 (10,006.78) for the first time.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Denton True "Cy" Young (1867-1955), baseball player; Man o' War (1917-1947), racehorse; Sam Walton (1918-1992), Wal-Mart founder; Eric Idle (1943- ), actor/comedian; Walt Frazier (1945- ), basketball player; Earl Campbell (1955- ), football player; Brendan Gleeson (1955- ), actor; Amy Sedaris (1961- ), author/actress; Elle Macpherson (1964- ), supermodel/actress; John Popper (1967- ), singer-songwriter/musician; Lucy Lawless (1968- ), actress; Robert Gibbs (1971- ), political adviser; Lara Logan (1971- ), journalist.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1999, Wayne Gretzky (then of the New York Rangers) scored his last professional goal, bringing his career total to an NHL-record 894.

TODAY'S FACT: Wal-Mart is the world's largest private employer, with more than 2 million employees.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Sometimes losing a pet is more painful than losing a human because in the case of the pet, you were not pretending to love it." -- Amy Sedaris, "Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People"

TODAY'S NUMBER: 27 -- amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (March 27) and full moon (April 4).

Today is the 87th day of 2015 and the ninth day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1898, the Supreme Court ruled that a child born in the United States is a U.S. citizen.

In 1939, the Spanish Civil War ended with the surrender of Republican defenders of Madrid to Francisco Franco's rebel forces.

In 1979, a pressure valve in a reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant failed to close, causing a near-critical meltdown.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Maxim Gorky (1868-1936), author; Freddie Bartholomew (1924-1992), actor; Mario Vargas Llosa (1936- ), author; Rick Barry (1944- ), basketball player; Dianne Wiest (1948- ), actress; Reba McEntire (1955- ), singer-songwriter/actress; Vince Vaughn (1970- ), actor; Nick Frost (1972- ), actor/screenwriter; Julia Stiles (1981- ), actress; Lady Gaga (1986- ), singer-songwriter.

TODAY'S FACT: Approximately 34.1 million Americans (more than 11 percent of the population) had at least one foreign-born parent in 2010.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1984, movers hired by Baltimore Colts owner Bob Irsay arrived at the team's offices in the middle of the night and moved the NFL franchise to Indianapolis, a move Irsay had not announced publicly.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "The good qualities in our soul are most successfully and forcefully awakened by the power of art. Just as science is the intellect of the world, art is its soul." -- Maxim Gorky

TODAY'S NUMBER: 47.7 million -- estimated population of Spain in July 2014.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (March 27) and full moon (April 4).

Today is the 86th day of 2015 and the eighth day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1794, the U.S. Congress passed the Act to Provide Naval Armament, establishing the force that would become the U.S. Navy.

In 1886, Apache leader Geronimo surrendered to U.S. forces at Skeleton Canyon in Arizona.

In 1964, the largest recorded earthquake in U.S. history (magnitude 9.2) struck Alaska, killing more than 120 people.

In 1998, the Food and Drug Administration approved Viagra, a medication to combat impotence.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Wilhelm Roentgen (1845-1923), scientist/inventor; Henry Royce (1863-1933), founder of Rolls-Royce Limited; Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969), architect; Gloria Swanson (1899-1983), actress; Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990), singer; Quentin Tarantino (1963- ), filmmaker; Mariah Carey (1970- ), singer; Nathan Fillion (1971- ), actor; Fergie (1975- ), singer-songwriter; Buster Posey (1987- ), baseball player.

TODAY'S FACT: Wilhelm Roentgen, the Nobel Prize-winning discoverer of X-rays, took the first medical X-ray of his wife's hand.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1939, Oregon defeated Ohio State 46-33 to win the first NCAA men's basketball tournament.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "When I sing, trouble can sit right on my shoulder and I don't even notice." -- Sarah Vaughan

TODAY'S NUMBER: 2 -- actors who have turned down the Academy Award for best actor. George C. Scott declined his Oscar in 1971 for his work in "Patton." Marlon Brando boycotted the ceremony on this day in 1972, refusing his award for "The Godfather."

TODAY'S MOON: First quarter moon (March 27).