ANDREWS MCMEEL ALMANAC

Today is the 62nd day of 2023 and the 73rd day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1845, Florida was admitted as the 27th U.S. state.

In 1931, President Herbert Hoover signed a congressional resolution adopting "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the U.S. national anthem.

In 1991, an amateur videographer captured the beating and arrest of construction worker Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers after a high-speed car chase.

In 2005, American millionaire Steve Fossett made the first solo, nonstop, unrefueled flight around the world in a fixed-wing aircraft.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), inventor; Jean Harlow (1911-1937), actress; James Doohan (1920-2005), actor; James Merrill (1926-1995), poet; Perry Ellis (1940-1986), fashion designer; George Miller (1945- ), filmmaker; Ira Glass (1959- ), radio personality; Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1962- ), athlete; Herschel Walker (1962- ), football player; Julie Bowen (1970- ), actress; Jessica Biel (1982- ), actress; Camila Cabello (1997- ), singer-songwriter; Jayson Tatum (1998- ), basketball player.

TODAY'S FACT: "The Star-Spangled Banner" is set to the tune of "To Anacreon in Heaven," a piece originally composed around 1775 as the official song of the Anacreontic Society, an English musicians' club.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1920, the Montreal Canadiens set the NHL record for goals in a single game with a 16-3 win over the Quebec Bulldogs.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Always that same old story -- / Father Time and Mother Earth, / A marriage on the rocks." -- James Merrill, "The Broken Home"

TODAY'S NUMBER: 3.18 -- gallons of wine per capita Americans consumed in 2021.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (Feb. 27) and full moon (March 7).

ANDREWS MCMEEL ALMANAC

Today is the 61st day of 2023 and the 72nd day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1836, Texas declared its independence from Mexico.

In 1877, the U.S. Congress declared Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the 1876 presidential election, despite the fact that Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote.

In 1917, the Jones-Shafroth Act was enacted, granting U.S. citizenship to the people of Puerto Rico.

In 1969, the Concorde supersonic airliner flew (at subsonic speeds) for the first time.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Sam Houston (1793-1863), soldier/politician; Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) (1904-1991), author; Mel Ott (1909-1958), baseball player; Desi Arnaz (1917-1986), actor/musician; Tom Wolfe (1930-2018), author/journalist; Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-2022), former Soviet leader; John Irving (1942- ), author; Jon Bon Jovi (1962- ), singer-songwriter; Daniel Craig (1968- ), actor; Method Man (1971- ), rapper/actor; Chris Martin (1977- ), singer-songwriter; Rebel Wilson (1980- ), actress; Bryce Dallas Howard (1981- ), actress; Ben Roethlisberger (1982- ), football player.

TODAY'S FACT: "King Kong," which opened at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on this day in 1933, was made for about $672,000 ($15 million in today's dollars). The 2017 reboot, "Kong: Skull Island," cost $185 million to produce.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1962, Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors set the NBA single-game scoring record with 100 points in a win over the New York Knicks.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious." -- John Irving, "The Hotel New Hampshire"

TODAY'S NUMBER: 27 -- publishing companies that rejected the manuscript of Dr. Seuss' first book for children, "And To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street."

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (Feb. 27) and full moon (March 7).

ANDREWS MCMEEL ALMANAC

Today is the 60th day of 2023 and the 71st day of winter.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1781, the Articles of Confederation were ratified.

In 1803, the Ohio state legislature met for the first time; the event is now celebrated as the anniversary of its statehood.

In 1867, Nebraska was admitted as the 37th U.S. state.

In 2003, Pakistani counterterrorism forces captured al-Qaida operative Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a principal planner of the 9/11 terror attacks.

In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that capital punishment for crimes committed before the age of 18 was unconstitutional.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), composer; Glenn Miller (1904-1944), bandleader; David Niven (1910-1983), actor; Harry Caray (1914-1998), sportscaster; Ralph Ellison (1914-1994), author; Yitzhak Rabin (1922-1995), Israeli prime minister; Harry Belafonte (1927- ), singer-songwriter/actor/activist; Roger Daltrey (1944- ), singer-songwriter; Ron Howard (1954- ), actor/director; Zack Snyder (1966- ), filmmaker; Javier Bardem (1969- ), actor; Lupita Nyong'o (1983- ), actress; Kesha (1987- ), singer; Justin Bieber (1994- ), singer.

TODAY'S FACT: In 1961, President John F. Kennedy issued an executive order establishing the Peace Corps.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1969, New York Yankees slugger Mickey Mantle announced his retirement.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat." – Ralph Ellison, "Invisible Man"

TODAY'S NUMBER: 50 -- estimated percentage of the U.S. population that lives within 500 miles of Columbus, the state capital of Ohio.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (Feb. 27) and full moon (March 7).