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ing tube of Terri Schiavo (SHY'-voh), a severely brain-damaged woman at the center of a right-to-die battle. (The tube was reinserted, then removed again, as the legal battle played out, ending with Schiavo's death in March 2005.) An explosion ripped apart a U.S. diplomatic vehicle in the Gaza Strip, killing three Americans. China launched its first manned space mission. The Florida Marlins won the National League championship with a 9-6 victory over the Chicago Cubs in Game 7.
• Five years ago: Republican John McCain repeatedly assailed Democrat Barack Obama's character and campaign positions on taxes, abortion and more in a debate at Hofstra University; Obama parried each accusation, and leveled a few of his own, saying "100 percent" of McCain's campaign ads were negative. The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 to win the NL championship series 4-1 for its first pennant since 1993. Pop star Madonna and movie director Guy Ritchie announced they were divorcing after nearly eight years of marriage. Actress-singer Edie Adams died in Los Angeles at age 81. Longtime game show host Jack Narz died in Los Angeles at age 85.
• One year ago: In interviews with CNN and Fox News, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton took responsibility for security at the U.S. consulate in Libya, where the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed in a Sept. 11, 2012, attack. The San Francisco Giants evened the National League Championship series 1-1 with a 7-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.
• Today's Birthdays: Former auto executive Lee Iacocca is 89. Jazz musician Freddy Cole is 82. Singer Barry McGuire is 78. Actress Linda Lavin is 76. Rock musician Don Stevenson (Moby Grape) is 71. Actress-director Penny Marshall is 70. Baseball Hall of Famer Jim Palmer is 68. Singer-musician Richard Carpenter is 67. Actor Victor Banerjee is 67. Tennis player Roscoe Tanner is 62. Singer Tito Jackson is 60. Actor-comedian Larry Miller is 60. Actor Jere Burns is 59. Actress Tanya Roberts is 58. Movie director Mira Nair is 56. Britain's Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, is 54. Chef Emeril Lagasse is 54. Rock musician Mark Reznicek (REHZ'-nih-chehk) is 51. Singer Eric Benet is 47. Actress Vanessa Marcil is 45. Singer-actress-TV host Paige Davis is 44. Country singer Kimberly Schlapman is 44. Actor Dominic West is 44. Rhythm-and-blues singer Ginuwine is 43. Actor Chris Olivero is 34. Christian singer-actress Jaci (JAK'-ee) Velasquez is 34. Actor Brandon Jay McLaren is 33. Rhythm-and-blues singer Keyshia Cole is 32. Tennis player Elena Dementieva is 32. Actor Vincent Martella ("Everybody Hates Chris") is 21. Actress Bailee Madison ("Trophy Wife") is 14.
• Thought for Today: "The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking." -- John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-born American economist (1908-2006).
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