Today is the 222nd day of 2023 and the 51st day of summer. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1821, Missouri was admitted as the 24th U.S. state. In 1949, President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act Amendments of 1949, which established a consolidated Department of Defense. In 1977, postal employee David Berkowitz of Yonkers, New York, was arrested for the “Son of Sam” killings that left six…