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• Five years ago: President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, welcomed Barack and Michelle Obama to the White House for a nearly two-hour visit; the president and president-elect conferred in the Oval Office, while the current and future first ladies talked in the White House residence. Miriam Makeba, the South African folk singer and anti-apartheid activist, died at age 76 after performing at a concert in Castel Volturno, Italy.
• One year ago: Officials announced that President Barack Obama had won Florida with 50 percent of the vote to Mitt Romney's 49.1 percent, a margin of about 74,000 votes. U.S. officials disclosed that the scandal that brought down CIA Director David Petraeus started when harassing emails sent by his biographer and paramour, Paula Broadwell, to another woman came to the attention of the FBI. Two people were killed when a powerful gas explosion rocked an Indianapolis neighborhood, destroying two homes and damaging 33 others so badly they had to be demolished. (Authorities later charged three people with deliberatly setting off the blast to collect a big insurance payout.) A 4.3 magnitude earthquake centered near Whitesburg, Ky., was felt in at least eight other states.
• Today's Birthdays: Actor Russell Johnson is 89. Film composer Ennio Morricone (EHN'-yoh mohr-ee-KOHN'-eh) is 85. Blues singer Bobby Rush is 79. Actor Albert Hall is 76. Country singer Donna Fargo is 72. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., is 70. Lyricist Tim Rice is 69. Rock singer-musician Greg Lake (Emerson, Lake and Palmer) is 66. Actress-dancer Ann Reinking is 64. Actor Jack Scalia is 63. Movie director Roland Emmerich is 58. Actor Matt Craven is 57. Actor-comedian Sinbad is 57. Actress Mackenzie Phillips is 54. Author Neil Gaiman (GAY'-mihn) is 53. Actress Vanessa Angel is 50. Actor Hugh Bonneville (TV: "Downton Abbey") is 50. Actor-comedian Tommy Davidson is 50. Actor Michael Jai (jy) White is 49. Country singer Chris Cagle is 45. Actor-comedian Tracy Morgan is 45. Actress Ellen Pompeo (pahm-PAY'-oh) (TV: "Grey's Anatomy") is 44. Rapper-producer Warren G is 43. Actor Walton Goggins is 42. Comedian-actor Chris Lilley is 39. Rock singer-musician Jim Adkins (Jimmy Eat World) is 38. Rapper Eve is 35. Rock musician Chris Joannou (joh-AN'-yoo)(Silverchair) is 34. Actor Bryan Neal is 33. Actress Heather Matarazzo is 31. Country singer Miranda Lambert is 30. Actor Josh Peck is 27. Actress Kiernan Shipka (TV: "Mad Men") is 14. Actress Mackenzie Foy (Film: the "Twilight" films) is 13.
• Thought for Today: "Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?" -- Fanny Brice, American actress and singer (1891-1951).
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