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• In 1992, Jay Leno made his debut as host of NBC's "Tonight Show," succeeding Johnny Carson.
• Ten years ago: The Boston Archdiocese said it would close 65 of 357 parishes, an offshoot of the clergy sex abuse scandal. Peace activist David Dellinger, one of the "Chicago Seven" defendants, died in Montpelier, Vermont, at age 88. Publisher Roger W. Straus Jr. died in New York at age 87.
• Five years ago: North Korea claimed to have carried out a powerful underground nuclear test; President Barack Obama called on the world to "stand up to" Pyongyang and demand it honor a promise to abandon its nuclear ambitions. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, long a fierce critic of Beijing, toured China's financial capital of Shanghai but stayed clear of human rights issues.
• One year ago: Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it cracked down on Islamist extremists and pledged to work hard in the coming months to ease tensions between Sudan and South Sudan. A French soldier, Cedric Cordier, was wounded in the throat in a busy commercial district outside Paris; a suspect, Alexandre Dhaussy, was later arrested. Sixteen schoolchildren and a teacher burned to death in a minibus fire in eastern Pakistan. Marshall Lytle, 79, the original bass player for Bill Haley & His Comets, died in New Port Richey, Florida.
• Today's Birthdays: Former White House news secretary Ron Nessen is 80. Author W.P. Kinsella is 79. Country singer-songwriter Tom T. Hall is 78. Actor Sir Ian McKellen is 75. Country singer Jessi Colter is 71. Actress-singer Leslie Uggams is 71. Movie director and Muppeteer Frank Oz is 70. Actress Karen Valentine is 67. Actress Jacki Weaver is 67. Rock singer Klaus Meine (The Scorpions) is 66. Actress Patti D'Arbanville is 63. Actress Connie Sellecca is 59. Rock singer-musician Paul Weller is 56. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., is 54. Actor-comedian Mike Myers is 51. Actor Matt Borlenghi is 47. Actor Joseph Reitman is 46. Rock musician Glen Drover is 45. Actress Anne Heche (haych) is 45. Actresses Sidney and Lindsay Greenbush (TV: "Little House on the Prairie") are 44. Actor-comedian Jamie Kennedy is 44. Actress Octavia Spencer is 44. Actor Justin Henry is 43. Rapper Daz Dillinger is 41. Actress Molly Sims is 41. Singer Lauryn Hill is 39. Actress Erinn Hayes is 38. Actor Cillian Murphy is 38. Actor Ethan Suplee (soo-PLEE') is 38. Rock musician Todd Whitener is 36. Actor Corbin Allred is 35. Actress-singer Lauren Frost is 29. Olympic gold medal gymnast Aly Raisman is 20.
• Thought for Today: "There is nothing final about a mistake, except its being taken as final." - Phyllis Bottome, English author (1884-1963).
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