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Today is the 95th day of 2013 and the 17th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1792, George Washington cast the first presidential veto, striking down a bill that concerned representative apportionment among the states.

In 1955, Winston Churchill resigned as prime minister of Great Britain due to failing health.

In 2010, an explosion at the Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia killed 29 miners.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), philosopher; Booker T. Washington (1856-1915), writer/educator; Spencer Tracy (1900-1967), actor; Bette Davis (1908-1989), actress; Gregory Peck (1916-2003), actor; Colin Powell (1937- ), U.S. Army general/diplomat; Mitch Pileggi (1952- ), actor; Pharrell Williams (1973- ), rapper/producer.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1984, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Los Angeles Lakers scored his 31,420th career point, breaking the NBA's all-time scoring record.

TODAY'S FACT: The total number of women veterans in the United States was 1.9 million in 2011.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." -- Winston Churchill

TODAY'S NUMBER: 635 -- number of vetoes cast by Franklin D. Roosevelt during his multiple terms as U.S. president, from 1933 to 1945.

TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (April 2) and new moon (April 10).

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Today is the 94th day of 2013 and the 16th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1949, 12 nations signed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) pact.

In 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tenn.

In 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft in Albuquerque, N.M.

In 2003, U.S. military forces seized Saddam International Airport in Baghdad.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Tris Speaker (1888-1958), baseball player; Robert Sherwood (1896-1955), playwright; Marguerite Duras (1914-1996), writer; Muddy Waters (1915-1983), blues musician; Maya Angelou (1928- ), poet/author; Craig T. Nelson (1944- ), actor; Hugo Weaving (1960- ), actor; David Cross (1964- ), actor/comedian; Robert Downey Jr. (1965- ), actor; David Blaine (1973- ), magician; Heath Ledger (1979-2008), actor.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1982, Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers finished the season with 212 points. He remains the only player in NHL history to top 200 points in a season.

TODAY'S FACT: The two official languages of NATO are English and French.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." -- Maya Angelou

TODAY'S NUMBER: 300,000 -- people who attended the funeral of Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta.

TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (April 2) and new moon (April 10).

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Today is the 93rd day of 2013 and the 15th day of spring.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1882, American outlaw Jesse James was killed by Robert Ford, a member of James' own gang who hoped to earn a state reward.

In 1948, President Harry Truman signed into law the Marshall Plan aid bill, which was designed to help rebuild war-torn Europe.

In 1996, "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski was arrested at his cabin near Lincoln, Montana.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Washington Irving (1783-1859), writer; Marlon Brando (1924-2004), actor; Doris Day (1924- ), singer/actress; Jane Goodall, (1934- ), primatologist; Sandra Boynton (1953- ), children's author; Alec Baldwin (1958- ), actor; David Hyde Pierce (1959- ), actor; Eddie murphy (1961- ), actor/comedian; Cobie Smulders (1982- ), actress; Amanda Bynes (1986- ), actress.

TODAY'S FACT: In 1988, Mario Lemieux of the Pittsburgh Penguins won the NHL's Art Ross trophy as the league's top scorer, ending Wayne Gretzky's streak of consecutive scoring titles at seven.

TODAY'S FACT: One can get a rough estimate of the outdoor temperature in degrees Fahrenheit by counting the number of cricket chirps in 14 seconds and adding 40.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "An actor's a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, he ain't listening." -- Marlon Brando

TODAY'S NUMBER: $10,000 -- reward offered by Missouri Governor Thomas Crittenden in 1891 for the capture of Jesse James. After being sentenced to death for first degree murder in the killing of James, Robert Ford and his brother, Charles, received a full pardon and were awarded $500.

TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (April 2) and new moon (April 10).