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• In 1942, Glenn Miller and his orchestra performed together for the last time, at the Central Theater in Passaic, N.J., prior to Miller's entry into the Army.
• In 1954, "Tonight!" hosted by Steve Allen made its network debut on NBC-TV.
• In 1964, the government publicly released the report of the Warren Commission, which found that Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone in assassinating President John F. Kennedy.
• In 1988, three days after placing first in the men's 100-meter dash at the Seoul (sohl) Summer Olympics, Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson left for home in disgrace, stripped of his gold medal by officials who said Johnson had used anabolic steroids.
• In 1991, the Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked, 7-7, on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court.
• In 1994, more than 350 Republican congressional candidates gathered on the steps of the U.S. Capitol to sign the "Contract with America," a 10-point platform they pledged to enact if voters sent a GOP majority to the House.
• In 2001, President George W. Bush asked the nation's governors to post National Guard troops at airports as a first step toward federal control of airline security.
• Ten years ago: President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin urged Iran and North Korea to abandon suspected nuclear-weapons programs but disagreed over how to deal with both countries; Putin also declined at the end of a two-day summit at Camp David to pledge any postwar help for Iraq. Entertainer Donald O'Connor died in Calabasas, Calif., at age 78.
• Five years ago: China marked its first spacewalk as astronaut Zhai Zhigang (zheye zhu-dawng) floated outside the Shenzhou 7 for 13 minutes.
• One year ago: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, holding a diagram of a cartoon-like bomb, told the U.N. General Assembly that the world had only a matter of months to stop Iran before it could build a nuclear bomb. NFL referees returned to the field, after a tentative deal with the league ended a lockout; games had been marred by controversy, blown calls and confusion as substitute referees officiated during the first three weeks of the season.
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• Today's Birthdays: Actress Jayne Meadows is 93. Actress Kathleen Nolan is 80. Actor Wilford Brimley is 79. Actor Claude Jarman Jr. is 79. Author Barbara Howar is 79. World Golf Hall of Famer Kathy Whitworth is 74. Singer-musician Randy Bachman (Bachman-Turner Overdrive) is 70. Rock singer Meat Loaf is 66. Actress Liz Torres is 66. Actor A Martinez is 65. Baseball Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt is 64. Actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa is 63. Singer Shaun Cassidy is 55. Co

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