TODAY’S HISTORY

1889: The Eiffel Tower was dedicated in a ceremony in Paris.

1930: The Motion Picture Production Code was adopted to regulate mature content in movies. 1968: President Lyndon Johnson declared a halt to bombing missions over North Vietnam and closed the televised speech with the announcement that he would not run for re-election.

1995: Singersongwriter Selena was murdered by the former president of her fan club.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS:

Rene Descartes (15961650), philosopher/ mathematician; Joseph Haydn (17321809), composer; Mary Abigail Dodge (1833-1896), writer; Jack Johnson (1878-1946), boxer; Cesar Chavez (19271993), labor leader; Gordie Howe (1928-2016), 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; Angus Young (1955-), guitarist/songwriter; Ewan Mcgregor (1971-), actor; Jessica Szohr (1985-), actress.

TODAY’S FACT: Gustave Eiffel designed the interior structure of New York’s Statue of Liberty.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1975, Hall of Fame basketball coach John Wooden announced his retirement during the postgame press conference after leading his UCLA Bruins to a 92-85 win over the Kentucky Wildcats and earning his Ncaa-record 10th national title.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “Whatever an author puts between the two covers of his book is public property; whatever of himself he does not put there is his private property, as much as if he had never written a word.” — Mary Abigail Dodge

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.