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Today is the 72nd day of 2023 and the 83rd day of winter.

TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1781, Germanborn astronomer William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.

In 1865, the Confederacy approved the use of slave troops against Union armies.

In 1925, a law prohibiting the teaching of evolution went into effect in Tennessee.

In 1991, the U.S. Justice Dept. announced that Exxon had agreed to pay $1 billion to settle all claims resulting from the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.

In 2013, Pope Francis was elected the 266th pope of the Catholic Church.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Percival Lowell (1855-1916), astronomer; Giorgos Seferis (1900-1971), poet; Walter Annenberg (19082002), publisher/philanthropist; Sammy Kaye (1910-1987), bandleader; L. Ron Hubbard (1911-1986), author/Church of Scientology founder; Al Jaffee (1921- ), cartoonist; Neil Sedaka (1939- ), singer-songwriter; William H. Macy (1950- ), actor; Dana Delany (1956- ), actress; Common (1972- ), rapper/ actor; Johan Santana (1979- ), baseball player; Emile Hirsch (1985- ), actor.

TODAY’S FACT: The 27 known moons of Uranus are named after characters from the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1960, the NFL approved the relocation of the Chicago Cardinals franchise to St. Louis.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “You will not be satisfied unless you are contributing something to or for the benefit of others.” — Walter Annenberg

TODAY’S NUMBER: 14.5 — length in miles of the undersea portion of the Seikan Tunnel in Japan, which opened this day in 1988.

TODAY’S MOON: Between full moon (March 7) and last quarter moon (March 14).