ANDREWS MCMEEL ALMANAC
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Today is the 153rd day of 2024 and the 75th day of spring.
TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1792, Kentucky was admitted as the 15th U.S. state.
In 1796, Tennessee was admitted as the 16th U.S. state.
In 1990, President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev signed an accord to halt production of chemical weapons.
In 2009, General Motors Co. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Brigham Young (1801-1877), religious leader; Andy Griffith (1926-2012), actor; Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), actress; Pat Boone (1934- ), singer-songwriter; Morgan Freeman (1937- ), actor; Brian Cox (1946- ), actor; Jonathan Pryce (1947- ), actor; Ronnie Wood (1947- ), guitarist; Powers Boothe (1948-2017), actor; Heidi Klum (1973- ), model/TV personality; Alanis Morissette (1974- ), singer-songwriter; Amy Schumer (1981- ), actress/comedian; Justine Henin (1982- ), tennis player; Tom Holland (1996- ), actor.
TODAY'S FACT: The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," released on this day in 1967, was the first rock album to win a Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1925, Lou Gehrig pinch-hit for the New York Yankees, marking the first game in Gehrig's record-setting streak of 2,130 consecutive games played.
TODAY'S QUOTE: "I knew at an early age I wanted to act. Acting was always easy for me. I don't believe in predestination, but I do believe that once you get wherever it is you are going, that is where you were going to be." -- Morgan Freeman
TODAY'S NUMBER: 25 -- missions flown over 19 years of service for the space shuttle Endeavor; the orbiter returned to Earth from its final spaceflight on this day in 2011.
TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (May 30) and new moon (June 6).