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21 years; he was succeeded by Louis St. Laurent.
• In 1958, actor Tyrone Power, 44, died in Madrid, Spain, while filming "Solomon and Sheba." (Power's part was recast with Yul Brynner.)
• In 1961, former Argentine President Juan Peron, living in exile in Spain, married his third wife, Isabel.
• In 1966, the flight of Gemini 12 ended successfully as astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. splashed down safely in the Atlantic.
• In 1969, a quarter of a million protesters staged a peaceful demonstration in Washington against the Vietnam War.
• In 1979, the British government publicly identified Sir Anthony Blunt as the "fourth man" of a Soviet spy ring.
• In 1982, funeral services were held in Moscow's Red Square for the late Soviet President Leonid I. Brezhnev.
• In 1985, Britain and Ireland signed an accord giving Dublin an official consultative role in governing Northern Ireland.
• In 1987, 28 of 82 people aboard a Continental Airlines DC-9, including the pilot and co-pilot, were killed when the jetliner crashed seconds after taking off from Denver's Stapleton International Airport.
• In 2001, President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to resolve their dispute over U.S. missile shield plans but pledged to fight terrorism and deepen U.S.-Russian ties as their summit, which began at the White House before shifting to Bush's Texas ranch, came to a close.
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• Ten years ago: Two Black Hawk helicopters collided and crashed in Iraq; 17 U.S. troops were killed. Two synagogues were bombed in Istanbul; 29 people were killed. A gangway on the cruise ship RMS Queen Mary 2 collapsed in St. Nazaire, France, killing 15 people. Democrat Kathleen Blanco was elected the first female governor of Louisiana, defeating Republican Bobby Jindal in a runoff. Death claimed billionaire Laurence Tisch at age 80 and actress Dorothy Loudon at age 70.
• Five years ago: World leaders battling an economic crisis agreed in Washington to flag risky investing and regulatory weak spots in hopes of avoiding future financial meltdowns. A wildfire destroyed nearly 500 mobile homes in Los Angeles. Gay rights supporters marched in cities coast to coast to protest the vote that banned gay marriage in California. Somali pirates hijacked the Sirius Star, a Saudi-owned oil supertanker, in the Indian Ocean. (The ship was released eight weeks later after the pirates were reportedly paid a ransom.)
• One year ago: The Justice Department announced that BP had agreed to plead

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