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walk-on junior, had her kick blocked, but by then she had already made history in the 27-13 loss to UCLA.)
• Five years ago: A tiger at the San Francisco Zoo escaped her enclosure and killed a park visitor; two brothers also were mauled, but survived. (The tiger was killed by police.) Russia's military successfully test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads. A ruptured gasoline pipeline exploded near Nigeria's main city of Lagos, killing at least 40 people.
• One year ago: Five members of a family, including three children and their grandparents, died in a Christmas morning blaze in Stamford, Conn., that was blamed on burning embers in a trash can. A 56-year-old man dressed as Santa Claus shot and killed his estranged wife, their two teenage children and three other relatives at an apartment in Grapevine, Texas, before taking his own life. A suicide bombing of a Catholic church near Nigeria's capital left at least 44 people dead.
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• Today's Birthdays: Actor Dick Miller is 84. Author Anne Roiphe is 77. Actress Hanna Schygulla (SHEE'-goo-lah) is 69. Rhythm-and-blues singer John Edwards (The Spinners) is 68. Actor Gary Sandy is 67. Singer Jimmy Buffett is 66. Pro and College Football Hall-of-Famer Larry Csonka is 66. Country singer Barbara Mandrell is 64. Actress Sissy Spacek is 63. Former White House adviser Karl Rove is 62. Actress CCH Pounder is 60. Singer Annie Lennox is 58. Reggae singer-musician Robin Campbell (UB40) is 58. Country singer Steve Wariner is 58. Singer Shane MacGowan (The Pogues, The Popes) is 55. Baseball Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson is 54. The former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, Christina Romer, is 54. Actress Klea Scott is 44. Rock musician Noel Hogan (The Cranberries) is 41. Singer Dido is 41. Rock singer Mac Powell (Third Day) is 40. Rhythm-and-blues singer Ryan Shaw is 32. Country singer Alecia Elliott is 30. Pop singers Lisa and Jess Origliasso (The Veronicas) are 28.
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• Thought for Today: "My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?" -- Bob Hope, American comedian (1903-2003).
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