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Yasser Arafat's 21-member Cabinet. Death claimed actress Kim Hunter at age 79 and football Hall of Famer Johnny Unitas at age 69.
• Five years ago: Russian state television reported that Russia's military had successfully tested what it described as the world's most powerful non-nuclear air-delivered bomb, nicknamed the "dad of all bombs." A militant group called Islamic Jihad Union claimed responsibility for foiled bombings that targeted Ramstein U.S. Air Base as well as U.S. and Uzbek consulates in Germany. A new Osama bin Laden videotape was released on the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. China signed an agreement to prohibit the use of lead paint on toys exported to the United States.
• One year ago: The nation, and the world, paused to remember the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In New York, a tree-covered memorial plaza at ground zero opened to the families of the victims for the first time. President Barack Obama, after visiting the sites where terrorists struck, declared: "It will be said of us that we kept that faith; that we took a painful blow, and emerged stronger." Australian Sam Stosur beat Serena Williams, pulling off a 6-2, 6-3 upset in the U.S. Open for her first Grand Slam title.
• Today's Birthdays: Actress Betsy Drake is 89. Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, is 88. Actor Earl Holliman is 84. Comedian Tom Dreesen is 73. Movie director Brian De Palma is 72. Rock singer-musician Jack Ely (The Kingsmen) is 69. Rock musician Mickey Hart (The Dead) is 69. Singer-musician Leo Kottke is 67. Actor Phillip Alford is 64. Actress Amy Madigan is 62. Rock singer-musician Tommy Shaw (Styx) is 59. Sports reporter Lesley Visser is 59. Actor Reed Birney is 58. Singer-songwriter Diane Warren is 56. Musician Jon Moss (Culture Club) is 55. Actor Scott Patterson is 54. Rock musician Mick Talbot (The Style Council) is 54. Actress Roxann Dawson is 54. Actor John Hawkes is 53. Actress Anne Ramsay is 52. Actress Virginia Madsen is 51. Actress Kristy McNichol is 50. Musician-composer Moby is 47. Business reporter Maria Bartiromo is 45. Singer Harry Connick Jr. is 45. Rock musician Bart Van Der Zeeuw is 44. Actress Taraji (tuh-RAH'-jee) P. Henson is 42. Actress Laura Wright is 42. Rock musician Jeremy Popoff (Lit) is 41. Blogger Markos Moulitsas is 41. Singer Brad Fischetti (LFO) is 37. Rapper Mr. Black is 35. Rock musician Jon Buckland (Coldplay) is 35. Rapper Ludacris is 35. Rock singer Ben Lee is 34. Actor Ryan Slattery is 34. Actor Tyler Hoechlin (HEK'-lihn) is 25. Country singer Charles Kelley (Lady Antebellum) is 31.
• Thought for Today: "Each of us, when our day's work is done, must seek our ideal, whether it be love or pinochle or lobster a la Newburg, or the sweet silence of the musty bookshelves." -- O. Henry (1862-1910).
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