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• In 1932, a new tomb to house the remains of the Unknown Soldier was dedicated at Arlington National Cemetery.
• In 1942, during World War II, Germany completed its occupation of France.
• In 1960, South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem survived a coup attempt by army rebels. (However, he was overthrown and killed in 1963.)
• In 1966, Gemini 12 blasted off from Cape Kennedy with astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. aboard.
• In 1972, the U.S. Army turned over its base at Long Binh to the South Vietnamese, symbolizing the end of direct U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War.
• In 1987, following the failure of two Supreme Court nominations, President Ronald Reagan announced his choice of Judge Anthony M. Kennedy, who went on to win confirmation.
• In 1992, the Church of England voted to ordain women as priests.
Ten years ago: President Bush's top foreign advisers summoned L. Paul Bremer, Iraq's U.S. administrator, for hurried White House talks focused on their growing frustrations with the Iraqi Governing Council and a logjam in transferring political power to Iraqis. In Galveston, Texas, millionaire Robert Durst was found not guilty of murdering Morris Black, an elderly neighbor who Durst said he'd killed accidentally. Toronto's Roy Halladay won the American League Cy Young Award.
Five years ago: President George W. Bush marked his last Veterans Day as president at a New York pier, speaking to a crowd of thousands gathered for the rededication of the USS Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. San Francisco's Tim Lincecum won the National League Cy Young Award.
One year ago: President Barack Obama laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery and said the Sept. 11 generation had "written one of the greatest chapters" in the country's military service, toppling a dictator and battling an insurgency in Iraq, pushing back the Taliban in Afghanistan and decimating al-Qaida's leadership. A Florida woman identified as the recipient of harassing emails from David Petraeus' girlfriend acknowledged her friendship with the former CIA director. Jill Kelley, an unpaid social liaison to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, said she and her family had been friends with Petraeus and his family for more than five years.
Today's Birthdays: Jazz singer-musician Mose Allison is 86. Actress Bibi Andersson is 78. Country singer Narvel Felts is 75. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., is 73. Americana roots singer/songwriter Chris Smither is 69. Rock singer-musician Vince Martell (Vanilla Fudge) is 68. The president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, is 68. Golfer Fuzzy Zoeller is 62. Pop singer-musician Paul Cowsill (The Cowsills) is

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