TODAY’S HISTORY

1792: Kentucky was admitted as the 15th U.S. state. 1796: Tennessee was admitted as the 16th U.S. state. 1990: President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev signed an accord to halt production of chemical weapons. 2009: General Motors Co. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS:

Brigham Young (1801-1877), religious leader; Andy Griffith (19262012), actor; Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), actress; Pat Boone (1934-), singersongwriter; Morgan Freeman (1937-), actor; Brian Cox (1946-), actor; Jonathan Pryce (1947-), actor; Ronnie Wood (1947-), guitarist; Powers Boothe (19482017), 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 wish people could achieve what they think would bring them happiness in order for them to realize that that’s not really what happiness is.” — Alanis Morissette

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 first quarter moon (May 27) and full moon (June 3).