UNIVERSAL UCLICK ALMANAC
Today is the 192nd day of 2013 and the 21st day of summer.
TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1533, Pope Clement VII excommunicated King Henry VIII of England.
In 1804, former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton was fatally wounded in a duel with Vice President Aaron Burr.
In 1960, Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" was published.
In 1987, the United Nations estimated that the world's population had reached 5 billion.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), sixth U.S. president; E.B. White (1899-1985), writer; Yul Brynner (1920-1985), actor; David Kelly (1929-2012), actor; Giorgio Armani (1934- ), fashion designer; Leon Spinks (1953- ), boxer; Sela Ward (1956- ), actress; Jeff Corwin (1967- ), naturalist/TV personality; Lil' Kim (1975- ), rapper; Andre Johnson (1981- ), football player.
TODAY'S FACT: William Howard Taft, who was sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States on this day in 1921, is the only person in history to serve as both chief justice and president of the United States.
TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1914, Babe Ruth made his major league debut, pitching seven innings for the Boston Red Sox in a 4-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians.
TODAY'S QUOTE: "A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper." -- E.B. White
TODAY'S NUMBER: 18 -- documented duels between 1798-1845 at the site known as the Heights of Weehawken in New Jersey, where the Burr-Hamilton duel took place.
TODAY'S MOON: Between new moon (July 8) and first quarter moon (July 15).