Wednesday,  August 29, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 045 • 33 of 34 •  Other Editions

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• In 1972, swimmer Mark Spitz of the United States won the third of his seven gold medals at the Munich Olympics, finishing first in the 200-meter freestyle.
• In 1982, Academy Award-winning actress Ingrid Bergman died in London on her 67th birthday.
• In 1987, Academy Award-winning actor Lee Marvin died in Tucson, Ariz., at age 63.
• In 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast near Buras, La., bringing floods that devastated New Orleans. More than 1,800 people in the region died.

Ten years ago: A judge in Norwalk, Conn., sentenced Michael Skakel to 20 years to life in prison for bludgeoning his teenage neighbor, Martha Moxley, with a golf club in 1975 after hearing the Kennedy cousin tearfully proclaim his innocence.
Five years ago: Fellow Republicans called on Idaho Sen. Larry Craig to resign and party leaders pushed him from senior committee posts as fallout continued over his arrest at a Minneapolis airport restroom and guilty plea to disorderly conduct. Prayers, protests and a lingering disgust with the government's response to Hurricane Katrina marked the disaster's second anniversary in New Orleans. Taliban militants in Afghanistan released 12 South Korean captives, part of a deal with Seoul to free all 19 hostages. Richard Jewell, the former security guard who was wrongly linked to the 1996 Olympic bombing, was found dead in his west Georgia home; he was 44.
One year ago: In a sign Moammar Gadhafi had lost grip on his country, his wife and three of his children fled Libya to neighboring Algeria. Grammy-winning blues musician David "Honey Boy" Edwards, believed to be the oldest surviving Delta bluesman, died in his Chicago home at age 96.

Today's Birthdays: Actor-director Lord Richard Attenborough is 89. Movie director William Friedkin is 77. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is 76. Actor Elliott Gould is 74. Movie director Joel Schumacher is 73. Former White House Press Secretary James Brady is 72. TV personality Robin Leach is 71. Actor Ray Wise is 65. Actress Deborah Van Valkenburgh is 60. White House Chief of Staff Jacob Lew is 57. Dancer-choreographer Mark Morris is 56. Country musician Dan Truman (Diamond Rio) is 56. Actress Rebecca DeMornay is 53. Singer Me'Shell NdegeOcello (n-DAY'-gay-OH'-chehl-oh) is 43. Rhythm-and-blues singer Carl Martin (Shai) is 42. Actress Carla Gugino is 41. Rock musician Kyle Cook (Matchbox Twenty) is 37. Actor John Hensley is 35. Rock musician David Desrosiers (Simple Plan) is 32. Rapper A+ is 30. Actress Jennifer Landon is 29. Actor Jeffrey Licon is 27. Actress-singer Lea

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