ANDREWS MCMEEL ALMANAC

Today is the 156th day of 2025 and the 78th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1947, Secretary of State George Marshall proposed the Marshall Plan for economic aid to war-torn Europe.

In 1968, U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy was fatally shot by Sirhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.

In 1981, the Centers for Disease Control reported the first recognized cases of what later became known as AIDS.

In 2004, former President Ronald Reagan died of pneumonia complicated by Alzheimer's disease at age 93.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Adam Smith (1723-1790), economist/philosopher; John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946), economist; Richard Scarry (1919-1994), children's author; Bill Moyers (1934- ), TV journalist/author; Spalding Gray (1941-2004), actor/writer; Ken Follett (1949- ), author; Suze Orman (1951- ), financial adviser/author; Kathleen Kennedy (1953- ), film producer; Kenny G (1956- ), musician; Jeff Garlin (1962- ), actor/comedian; Rick Riordan (1964- ), author; Mark Wahlberg (1971- ), actor; Nick Kroll (1978- ), actor/comedian; Pete Wentz (1979- ), singer-songwriter/musician.

TODAY'S FACT: According to the Alzheimer's Association, an estimated 7.2 million Americans ages 65 or older have Alzheimer's disease in 2025.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1993, Julie Krone rode Colonial Affair to victory in the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first female jockey ever to win a Triple Crown race.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "You never get cheered for telling people the situation is not as simple as they think." -- Ken Follett, "Fall of Giants"

TODAY'S NUMBER: 21 -- approximate percentage of the Israeli population that is Arab.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (June 2) and full moon (June 11).

ANDREWS MCMEEL ALMANAC

Today is the 155th day of 2025 and the 77th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1912, Massachusetts became the first U.S. state to pass a minimum wage law.

In 1917, the first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded.

In 1942, the Battle of Midway began as the Japanese navy launched a raid on Midway Island.

In 1989, Chinese government troops and tanks crushed a massive demonstration of pro-democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.

In 1998, Terry Nichols was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Robert Merrill (1917-2004), opera singer; Dennis Weaver (1924-2006), actor; Ruth Westheimer (1928-2024), therapist/media personality; Bruce Dern (1936- ), actor; Mortimer Zuckerman (1937- ), publisher/real estate executive; Michelle Phillips (1944- ), singer-songwriter/actress; Keith David (1956- ), actor; John Hockenberry (1956- ), journalist/author; Rob Huebel (1969- ), actor/comedian; Noah Wyle (1971- ), actor; Angelina Jolie (1975- ), actress; T.J. Miller (1981- ), actor.

TODAY'S FACT: The Treasury Department estimates that union members earn about 20% higher wages than their nonunion counterparts.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1927, the United States won golf's first-ever Ryder Cup at the Worcester Country Club in Massachusetts.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "If you ask people what they've always wanted to do, most people haven't done it. That breaks my heart." -- Angelina Jolie

TODAY'S NUMBER: 23 -- Pulitzer Prizes normally awarded each year. Online-only news organizations were eligible for 14 journalism prizes for the first time in 2009.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (June 2) and full moon (June 11).

ANDREWS MCMEEL ALMANAC

Today is the 154th day of 2025 and the 76th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed into law the National Defense Act, expanding the size and scope of the U.S. National Guard.

In 1965, Edward H. White II, an astronaut on Gemini IV, became the first American to walk in space.

In 1979, the Ixtoc I oil well in the Gulf of Mexico blew out, spilling more than 126 million gallons of oil over an area of 1,100 square miles.

In 2017, eight people were killed and dozens injured when terrorists crashed a van into pedestrians on London Bridge and attacked the crowd with knives.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), president of the Confederate States of America; Raoul Dufy (1877-1953), artist; Tony Curtis (1925-2010), actor; Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), poet; Chuck Barris (1929-2017), game show host; Raul Castro (1931- ), president of Cuba; Larry McMurtry (1936-2021), author; Curtis Mayfield (1942-1999), singer-songwriter/musician; Anderson Cooper (1967- ), TV journalist; John Hodgman (1971- ), author/actor; Rafael Nadal (1986- ), tennis player.

TODAY'S FACT: According to the results of the 1860 census, the population of enslaved people outnumbered the white and formerly enslaved populations combined in two states: Mississippi and South Carolina.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1888, the comic baseball poem "Casey at the Bat," by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, was published in San Francisco's Daily Examiner.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "'I'm sure partial to the evening,' Augustus said. 'The evening and the morning. If we just didn't have to have the rest of the dern day I'd be a lot happier.'" -- Larry McMurtry, "Lonesome Dove"

TODAY'S NUMBER: 25 -- length, in feet, of the tether attaching Edward H. White II to the Gemini spacecraft during the first U.S. spacewalk.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (June 2) and full moon (June 11).