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Nashville at age 80.
• One year ago: A chartered fishing boat, the Erik, sank in Mexico's Sea of Cortez, leaving one Northern California man dead and seven still classified as missing. Yingluck Shinawatra (SHIHN'-uh-waht), the sister of Thailand's fugitive former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra (TAHK'-sihn SHIHN'-uh-waht), led his loyalists to a landslide election victory, a stunning rout of the military-backed government that had crushed protests by his supporters. Novak Djokovic (NOH'-vak JOH'-kuh-vich) won his first Wimbledon, beating defending champion Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3.
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• Today's Birthdays: Actor Tim O'Connor is 85. Jazz musician Pete Fountain is 82. Playwright Tom Stoppard is 75. Writer-producer Jay Tarses is 73. Singer Fontella Bass is 72. Attorney Gloria Allred is 71. Actor Kurtwood Smith is 69. Actor Michael Cole ("The Mod Squad") is 67. Country singer Johnny Lee is 66. Humorist Dave Barry is 65. Actress Betty Buckley is 65. Rock singer-musician Paul Barrere (bah-RAYR') (Little Feat) is 64. Actress Jan Smithers is 63. Actor Bruce Altman is 57. Former Haitian President Jean-Claude Duvalier (doo-VAHL'-yay) is 61. Talk show host Montel Williams is 56. Country singer Aaron Tippin is 54. Rock musician Vince Clarke (Erasure) is 52. Actor Tom Cruise is 50. Actor Thomas Gibson is 50. Actress Hunter Tylo is 50. Actress Connie Nielsen is 48. Actress Yeardley Smith is 48. Singer Ishmael Butler is 43. Rock musician Kevin Hearn (Barenaked Ladies) is 43. Actress-singer Shawnee Smith is 43. Actress-singer Audra McDonald is 42. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is 41. Actor Patrick Wilson is 39. Country singer Trent Tomlinson is 37. Actress Andrea Barber is 36. Singer Shane Lynch (Boyzone) is 36. Actor Ian Anthony Dale is 34. Actress Elizabeth Hendrickson is 33. Rhythm-and-blues singer Tonia Tash (Divine) is 33. Country singer-songwriter Sarah Buxton is 32. Actress Shoshannah Stern is 32. Actor Grant Rosenmeyer is 21. Actress Kelsey Batelaan is 17.
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• Thought for Today: "Perhaps too much of everything is as bad as too little." -- Edna Ferber, American author and playwright (1885-1968).
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