Today is the 172nd day of 2023 and the first day of summer.

TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1788, New Hampshire ratified the U.S. Constitution and became the ninth state.

In 1898, U.S. troops captured the island of Guam from Spain.

In 1982, John Hinckley Jr. was found not guilty by reason of insanity for his attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan.

In 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that burning the American flag was a form of political protest protected by the First Amendment.

In 2004, SpaceShipOne, piloted by Mike Melvill, became the first privately sponsored craft to carry a human into space.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003), cartoonist; Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), philosopher; Mary McCarthy (1912-1989), writer; Jane Russell (19212011), actress; Ray Davies (1944- ), guitarist/songwriter; Tony Scott (1944-2012), filmmaker; Benazir Bhutto (19532007), Pakistani politician; Berkeley Breathed (1957- ), cartoonist; Kevin Harlan (1960- ), sportscaster; Juliette Lewis (1973- ), actress; Chris Pratt (1979- ), actor; Prince William (1982- ), prince of Wales.

TODAY’S FACT: James Buchanan was the only U.S. president who never married.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1997, the first Women’s National Basketball Association game kicked off the league’s debut season.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “America’s greatest contribution to the world is its concept of democracy, its concept of freedom, freedom of action, freedom of speech and freedom of thought.” -- Benazir Bhutto

TODAY’S NUMBER: 141,885 -- population of New Hampshire in 1790, following ratification of the U.S. Constitution.

TODAY’S MOON: Between new moon (June 17) and first quarter moon (June 26).