Today is the 89th day of 2015 and the 11th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward completed the purchase of Alaska for $7.2 million.

In 1870, the U.S. Congress readmitted Texas to the Union.

In 1964, the TV quiz show "Jeopardy!" premiered on NBC with host Art Fleming.

In 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest in an assassination attempt by John Hinckley Jr.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Francisco Goya (1746-1828), painter; Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), painter; John Astin (1930- ), actor; Warren Beatty (1937- ), actor/director; Eric Clapton (1945- ), singer-songwriter/musician; Paul Reiser (1957- ), actor/comedian; Piers Morgan (1965- ), TV personality; Celine Dion (1968- ), singer-songwriter; Secretariat (1970-1989), racehorse; Norah Jones (1979- ), singer-songwriter/musician; Richard Sherman (1988- ), football player.

TODAY'S FACT: The purchase of Alaska, initially ridiculed by some in Congress and in the press as "Seward's Folly" and "Seward's Icebox," added 663,267 square miles to the United States for less than $11 per square mile.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1990, Jack Nicklaus made his debut in the Senior PGA Tour (since renamed the Champions Tour).

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all." -- Vincent van Gogh

TODAY'S NUMBER: 195.7 million -- barrels of crude oil produced by Alaska in 2013.

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

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).