Today is the 156th day of 2012 and the 77th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1917, the first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded.

In 1947, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Taft-Hartley Act, providing for presidential intervention in labor disputes.

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

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Robert Merrill (1919-2004), singer; Dennis Weaver (1924-2006), actor; Mortimer B. Zuckerman (1937- ), publisher/real estate executive; Noah Wyle (1971- ), actor; Russell Brand (1975- ), comedian/actor; Angelina Jolie (1975- ), actress.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1927, the United States won golf's first-ever Ryder Cup.

TODAY'S FACT: Union members' wages were about $200 per week higher than non-union workers' wages in 2010.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "If you're playing a poker game and you look around the table and you can't tell who the sucker is, it's you." -- Paul Newman

TODAY'S NUMBER: 21 -- 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: Full moon (June 4).

Today is the 155th day of 2012 and the 76th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: 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 600,000 tons of oil.

In 2006, Montenegro formally declared its independence from the Union of Serbia and Montenegro.

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; Curtis Mayfield (1942-1999), songwriter/musician; Anderson Cooper (1967- ), TV journalist; Rafael Nadal (1986- ), tennis player.

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

TODAY'S FACT: According to the results of the 1860 census, the slave population outnumbered the free population in two states: Mississippi and South Carolina.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "You don't have to be right. All you have to do is be candid." -- Allen Ginsberg

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 (May 28) and full moon (June 4).

Today is the 154th day of 2012 and the 75th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1886, President Grover Cleveland married Frances Folsom, becoming the only president to marry in a White House ceremony.

In 1924, an act of Congress granted American Indians U.S. citizenship.

In 1997, Timothy McVeigh was convicted of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Marquis de Sade (1740-1814), author/politician; Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), poet/novelist; Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934), composer; Johnny Weissmuller (1904-1984), Olympic swimmer/actor; Charlie Watts (1941- ), drummer; Wayne Brady (1972- ), actor/comedian; Zachary Quinto (1977- ), actor; Fabrizio Moretti (1980- ), musician.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1935, baseball legend Babe Ruth retired.

TODAY'S FACT: The White House has hosted 21 weddings, nine of which were for children of sitting presidents.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his success." -- Marquis de Sade

TODAY'S NUMBER: 336,337 -- official Indian population in 1920, according to the U.S. Census.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter (May 28) and full moon (June 4).