(Continued from page 31)

to three years; he was freed in May 2012.) Family prayer services and a huge public outpouring in Austin, Texas, ushered in three days of memorial ceremonies honoring the late Lady Bird Johnson.
• One year ago: California became the first state in the nation to add lessons about gays and lesbians to social studies classes in public schools under a measure signed by Gov. Jerry Brown. Three coordinated bombings in India's busy financial capital killed 26 people in the worst terror attack in the country since the 2008 Mumbai siege. Abby Wambach broke a tense tie with a thunderous header in the 79th minute, and the United States earned its first trip to the Women's World Cup final since winning it in 1999 with a 3-1 victory over France. (Japan, which went on to win the Cup, upset Sweden 3-1 in the other semifinal.)
•
• Today's Birthdays: Actor Patrick Stewart is 72. Actor Robert Forster is 71. Actor Harrison Ford is 70. Singer-guitarist Roger McGuinn (The Byrds) is 70. Actor-comedian Cheech Marin is 66. Actress Daphne Maxwell Reid is 64. Actress Didi Conn is 61. Singer Louise Mandrell is 58. Actor-director Cameron Crowe is 55. Tennis player Anders Jarryd is 51. Rock musician Gonzalo Martinez De La Cotera (Marcy Playground) is 50. Comedian Tom Kenny (TV: "SpongeBob SquarePants") is 50. Country singer-songwriter Victoria Shaw is 50. Bluegrass singer Rhonda Vincent is 50. Actor Kenny Johnson is 49. Actor Michael Jace is 47. Country singer Neil Thrasher is 47. Singer Deborah Cox is 39. Actress Ashley Scott is 35. Rock musician Will Champion (Coldplay) is 34. Actor Fran Kranz is 31. Actor Steven R. McQueen is 24.
•
• Thought for Today: "If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never." -- Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (1813-1855).
•
•
•
•