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• Ten years ago: A U.S. warplane in pursuit of a "known terrorist" attacked a village in eastern Afghanistan, mistakenly killing nine children. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld met with senior American commanders in Iraq, and was assured that a recent switch to more aggressive anti-insurgency tactics had begun to pay off. Army became the first team to finish 0-13 in major college history after a 34-6 loss to Navy. Ireland's Rosanna Davison was crowned Miss World at the southern Chinese tropical resort of Sanya.
• Five years ago: President-elect Barack Obama said in a Saturday radio and Internet address that he'd asked his economic team for a recovery plan that would save or create more than 2 million jobs. Indicted Democratic U.S. Rep. William Jefferson was ousted from his New Orleans area district in a special election won by Republican attorney Anh "Joseph" Cao, who became the first Vietnamese-American in Congress. A Greek youth, 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos, was shot to death during a confrontation with police in Athens, sparking two weeks of riots. Heiress Martha "Sunny" von Bulow, who'd spent the last 28 years of her life in a coma, died in New York City at age 76.
• One year ago: Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi remained defiant after a night of clashes involving thousands of his supporters and opponents outside his palace in Cairo that left six people dead and hundreds injured; Morsi refused to call off a referendum on a disputed constitution. Republicans pushed right-to-work legislation through the Michigan state House and Senate amid raucous protests from throngs of union supporters.
• Today's Birthdays: Comedy performer David Ossman is 77. Actor Patrick Bauchau is 75. Country singer Helen Cornelius is 72. Actor James Naughton is 68. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is 68. Rhythm-and-blues singer Frankie Beverly (Maze) is 67. Former Sen. Don Nickles, R-Okla., is 65. Actress JoBeth Williams is 65. Actor Tom Hulce is 60. Actor Kin Shriner is 60. Actor Wil Shriner is 60. Actor Miles Chapin is 59. Rock musician Rick Buckler (The Jam) is 58. Comedian Steven Wright is 58. Country singer Bill Lloyd is 58. Singer Tish Hinojosa is 58. Rock musician Peter Buck (R.E.M.) is 57. Rock musician David Lovering (Pixies) is 52. Actress Janine Turner is 51. Rock musician Ben Watt (Everything But The Girl) is 51. Writer-director Judd Apatow is 46. Rock musician Ulf "Buddha" Ekberg (Ace of Base) is 43. Writer-director Craig Brewer is 42. Actress Colleen Haskell is 37. Actress Lindsay Price is 37. Actress Ashley Madekwe is 32. Christian rock musician Jacob Chesnut (Rush of Fools) is 24.
• Thought for Today: "Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking." -- William Butler Yeats, Irish Nobel Prize-winning poet (1865-1939).
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