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Today is the 92nd day of 2013 and the 14th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis fled Richmond, Va., as Union forces closed in on the Confederate capital.

In 1917, President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war against Germany.

In 1982, Argentine forces mounted amphibious landings on the British-held Falkland Islands, marking the beginning of the Falklands War.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), writer; Emile Zola (1840-1902), novelist; Max Ernst (1891-1976), artist; Buddy Ebsen (1908-2003), actor; Alec Guinness (1914-2000), actor; Marvin Gaye (1939-1984), singer-songwriter; Emmylou Harris (1947- ), singer; Christopher Meloni (1961- ), actor; Clark Gregg (1962- ), actor; Michael Fassbender (1977- ), actor.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1931, Jackie Mitchell, a 17-year-old female pitcher, struck out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition match between the Class AA minor league Chattanooga Lookouts and the New York Yankees.

TODAY'S FACT: German artist Max Ernst created an art technique called "frottage" in which blank paper is placed over an object and rubbed with a pencil or another drawing tool to reproduce the texture or pattern of the object's surface.

TODAY'S QUOTE: " If you shut up truth and bury it under the ground, it will but grow, and gather to itself such explosive power that the day it bursts through it will blow up everything in its way." -- Emile Zola

TODAY'S NUMBER: 12,173 -- area (in square kilometers) of the Falkland Islands, which is slightly less than the state of Connecticut.

TODAY'S MOON: Last quarter moon (April 2).

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Today is the 91st day of 2013 and the 13th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1945, Operation Iceberg began as U.S. troops landed on the Japanese island of Okinawa.

In 1960, TIROS-1, the first weather satellite, was launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla.

In 1970, President Richard Nixon signed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act, which required the surgeon general's warning on tobacco products and banned cigarette ads on radio and TV.

In 2011, a mob protesting the burning of the Quran attacked the United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, causing the deaths of 13 people.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), German political leader; Edmond Rostand (1868-1918), playwright; Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), composer; Milan Kundera (1929- ), writer; Debbie Reynolds (1932- ), actress; Ali MacGraw (1938- ), actress; Samuel Alito (1950- ), Supreme Court justice; Rachel Maddow (1973- ), TV personality; Brook and Robin Lopez (1988- ), basketball players.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1985, the eighth-seeded Villanova Wildcats pulled off one of the greatest upsets in college basketball history, defeating the top-seeded and heavily favored Georgetown Hoyas 66-64 in the NCAA championship game.

TODAY'S FACT: The United Nations estimated there were 34 million people worldwide living with HIV in 2011.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "A kiss is a secret which takes the lips for the ear." -- Edmond Rostand, from "Cyrano de Bergerac"

TODAY'S NUMBER: $8.05 billion -- amount cigarette companies in the United States spent to advertise or promote cigarettes in 2010, according to a 2012 Federal Trade Commission report that showed the amount had declined from $12.5 billion in 2006.

TODAY'S MOON: Between full moon (March 27) and last quarter moon (April 2).

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Today is the 90th day of 2013 and the 12th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1889, the Eiffel Tower was dedicated in a ceremony in Paris.

In 1930, the Motion Pictures Production Code was adopted to regulate mature content in movies.

In 1968, President Lyndon Johnson announced a halt to bombing missions over North Vietnam and closed the televised speech with the announcement that he would not run for re-election.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Rene Descartes (1596-1650), philosopher/mathematician; Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), composer; Cesar Chavez (1927-1993), labor leader; Gordie Howe (1928- ), hockey player; Liz Claiborne (1929-2007), fashion designer; Herb Alpert (1935- ), musician; Christopher Walken (1943- ), actor; Al Gore (1948- ), former U.S. vice president/senator; Ewan McGregor (1971- ), actor; Jessica Szohr (1985- ), actress.

TODAY'S FACT: Gustave Eiffel built metal structures all over the world, but he also designed railway bridges and the interior structure of New York's Statue of Liberty.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1975, Hall of Fame coach John Wooden led his UCLA Bruins to a 92-85 win over the Kentucky Wildcats, earning his NCAA-record 10th national title. Wooden announced his retirement after the game.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "We Americans write our own history. And the chapters of which we're proudest are the ones where we had the courage to change." -- Al Gore

TODAY'S NUMBER: 2,212 -- Broadway performances in the 15-year run of "Oklahoma!" The Rodgers and Hammerstein hit debuted on this day in 1943.

TODAY'S MOON: Between full moon (March 27) and last quarter moon (April 2).