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fiery emergency return to the Riyadh airport.
• In 1982, Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya (sah-VEETS'-kah-yah) became the second woman to be launched into space.
• In 1991, Soviet hard-liners made the stunning announcement that President Mikhail S. Gorbachev had been removed from power, a coup attemp that collapsed two days later.
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• Ten years ago: A suicide truck bomb struck U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, killing 22, including the top U.N. envoy, Sergio Vieira de Mello (SUR'-jee-oh vee-EHR'-uh duh MEHL'-oh). A suicide bombing of a bus in Jerusalem killed 22 people.
• Five years ago: Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in Florida short of hurricane strength but mysteriously gained speed as it headed over land. Heavily armed insurgents in Afghanistan killed 10 French soldiers in a mountain ambush and then sent a squad of suicide bombers in a failed assault on a U.S. base near the Pakistan border. Russia and Georgia exchanged prisoners captured during their brief war. American Shawn Johnson won a gold medal on the balance beam at the Beijing games. LeRoi Moore, a versatile saxophonist with the Dave Matthews Band, died in Los Angeles of complications from an ATV accident; he was 46.
• One year ago: Missouri Congressman Todd Akin, the conservative Republican U.S. Senate candidate, said in a television interview that it was "really rare" for women to become pregnant when they were raped. Akin afterwards backed off his on-air comments, saying that he'd misspoken. NATO said a man in an Afghan police uniform shot and killed an international service member, raising the death toll to 10 in such attacks in the space of just two weeks. Tony Scott, 68, director of such Hollywood hits as "Top Gun" and "Days of Thunder," died in Los Angeles after jumping from a suspension bridge.
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• Today's Birthdays: Actor L.Q. Jones is 86. Actress Debra Paget is 80. USTA Eastern Tennis Hall of Famer Renee Richards is 79. Former MLB All-Star Bobby Richardson is 78. Actress Diana Muldaur is 75. Rock musician Ginger Baker (Cream, Blind Faith) is 74. Singer Johnny Nash is 73. Actress Jill St. John is 73. Actor and former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson is 71. Singer Billy J. Kramer is 70. Country singer-songwriter Eddy Raven is 69. Rock singer Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) is 68. Former President Bill Clinton is 67. Tipper Gore, wife of former Vice President Al Gore, is 65. Actor Jim Carter is 65. Actor Gerald McRaney is 65. Rock musician John Deacon (Queen) is 62. Actor-director Jonathan Frakes is 61. Political consultant Mary Matalin is 60. Actor Peter Gallagher is 58. Actor Adam Arkin is 57. Singer-songwriter Gary Chapman is 56. Actor Martin Donovan is 56. Pro Football Hall of

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