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H. Robert Horvitz won the Nobel Prize in medicine. The space shuttle Atlantis lifted off on a mission to the international space station.
• Five years ago: Tyler Peterson, a 20-year-old sheriff's deputy, went on a shooting rampage in Crandon, Wis., killing six people, including his ex-girlfriend, before taking his own life as police closed in. Nine skydivers and a pilot were killed when their Cessna Caravan 208 crashed in Washington's Cascade Range. In a race run in scorching heat that left one man dead, Kenya's Patrick Ivuti won the Chicago Marathon by a fraction of a second; another 250 runners were taken to hospitals because of heat-related ailments.
• One year ago: The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to three women: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee, and Tawakkul Karman, who began pushing for change in Yemen long before the Arab Spring. The Minnesota Lynx completed a near-perfect postseason by beating the Atlanta Dream 73-67 to complete a three-game sweep of the WNBA championship series.
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• Today's Birthdays: Retired South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu is 81. Comedian Joy Behar (TV: "The View") is 70. Former National Security Council aide Lt. Col. Oliver North (ret.) is 69. Rock musician Kevin Godley (10cc) is 67. Actress Jill Larson is 65. Country singer Kieran Kane is 63. Singer John Mellencamp is 61. Rock musician Ricky Phillips is 61. Actress Mary Badham (Film: "To Kill a Mockingbird") is 60. Actress Christopher Norris is 59. Rock musician Tico Torres (Bon Jovi) is 59. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma is 57. Gospel singer Michael W. Smith is 55. Actor Dylan Baker is 54. Recording executive and TV personality Simon Cowell (TV: "The X Factor") is 53. Rock musician Charlie Marinkovich (Iron Butterfly) is 53. Country singer Dale Watson is 50. Pop singer Ann Curless (Expose) is 49. Rhythm-and-blues singer Toni Braxton is 45. Rock singer-musician Thom Yorke (Radiohead) is 44. Rock musician-dancer Leeroy Thornhill is 43. Actress Nicole Ari Parker is 42. Actress Allison Munn is 38. Rock singer-musician Damian Kulash (KOO'-lahsh) is 37. Singer Taylor Hicks ("American Idol") is 36. Actor Omar Benson Miller is 34. Electronic musician Flying Lotus (AKA Stephen Ellison) is 29. MLB player Evan Longoria is 27. Actress Amber Stevens is 26.
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• Thought for Today: "If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life." -- James Michener, American author (1907-1997).
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