ANDREWS MCMEEL ALMANAC
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Today is the 186th day of 2024 and the 15th day of summer.
TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence.
In 1826, founding fathers John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
In 1960, the modern version of the American flag (with 50 stars) debuted at a ceremony in Philadelphia.
In 1997, NASA's Pathfinder space probe landed on Mars.
In 2012, the discovery of Higgs boson-like particles through experiments at the Large Hadron Collider was announced at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: George Everest (1790-1866), surveyor/geographer; Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), writer; Stephen Foster (1826-1864), songwriter; Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), 30th U.S. president; Eva Marie Saint (1924- ), actress; Neil Simon (1927-2018), playwright; George Steinbrenner (1930-2010), New York Yankees owner; Bill Withers (1938-2020), singer-songwriter; Koko (1971-2018), gorilla; Post Malone (1995- ), singer-songwriter.
TODAY'S FACT: Renowned advice columnists Eppie Lederer and Pauline Phillips, known as Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren ("Dear Abby") respectively, were twin sisters, born on this day in 1918.
TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1939, New York Yankees slugger Lou Gehrig, who was suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, delivered the famous line, "Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth" during his speech at the Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day event at Yankee Stadium.
TODAY'S QUOTE: "A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities." -- Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Fanshawe"
TODAY'S NUMBER: 1 -- launch in the 30-year history of NASA's space shuttle program to take place on Independence Day -- the launch of Discovery in 2006.
TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (June 28) and new moon (July 5).