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police custody, triggering an international outcry.
• In 1986, Joseph Cicippio (sih-SIHP'-ee-oh), the acting comptroller at the American University in Beirut, was kidnapped (he was released in Dec. 1991).
• In 1992, the space shuttle Endeavour blasted off, carrying with it Mark Lee and Jan Davis, the first married couple in space; Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space; and Mamoru Mohri, the first Japanese national to fly on a U.S. spaceship. Police in Peru captured Shining Path founder Abimael Guzman. Actor Anthony Perkins died in Hollywood at age 60.
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• Ten years ago: Raising the specter of war, President George W. Bush told skeptical world leaders at the United Nations to confront the "grave and gathering danger" of Saddam Hussein's Iraq -- or to stand aside as the U.S. acted. Three former Tyco International executives were charged with looting the conglomerate of hundreds of millions of dollars; all three pleaded not guilty at their arraignment in New York. (Former CEO L. Dennis Kozlowski and former CFO Mark Swartz were later convicted of grand larceny and securities fraud; Tyco's former top lawyer, Mark A. Belnick, was acquitted.)
• Five years ago: Oil prices briefly topped a record $80 a barrel. Russian President Vladimir Putin replaced long-serving Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov with an obscure Cabinet official, Viktor Zubkov. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (shin-zoh ah-bay) announced his resignation.
• One year ago: Texas Gov. Rick Perry, the perceived front-runner in the Republican presidential contest, endured an onslaught from seven rivals during a fractious two-hour debate in Tampa, Fla. In Logan, Utah, about a dozen bystanders rescued motorcyclist Brandon Wright, who'd become pinned under a burning car after a collision. A leaking gasoline pipeline in Kenya's capital exploded, turning part of a Nairobi slum into an inferno, killing 119 people, according to the Kenya Red Cross. Novak Djokovic beat defending champion Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-1 to win his first U.S. Open championship. Kurt Ziebart, a certified master auto mechanic in his native Germany who invented the Ziebart rust-proofing process, died in Williamsburg, Mich., at age 91.
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• Today's Birthdays: Actor Dickie Moore ("Our Gang") is 87. Actor Freddie Jones is 85. Country singer George Jones is 81. Actor Ian Holm is 81. Actress Linda Gray is 72. Singer Maria Muldaur is 70. Actor Joe Pantoliano is 61. Singer-musician Gerry Beckley (America) is 60. Rock musician Neil Peart (Rush) is 60. Actor Peter Scolari is 57. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is 56. Actress Rachel Ward is 55. Actress Amy

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