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• Ten years ago: President George W. Bush signed a $400 billion Medicare overhaul bill that included a prescription drug plan for seniors. Congress approved legislation to stem the flood of unwanted junk e-mail known as "spam." A Greek anti-terrorism court convicted 15 members of the November 17 cell for their roles in a nearly 30-year killing campaign.
• Five years ago: In a startling about-face, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed told the Guantanamo war crimes tribunal he would confess to masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks; four other men also abandoned their defenses. (Mohammed is still awaiting trial.) A malfunctioning F/A-18D Hornet military jet trying to reach Marine Corps Air Station Miramar slammed into a densely populated San Diego neighborhood, killing four members of a family and incinerating two homes; the pilot ejected safely. Mystery writer Hillary Waugh died in Torrington, Conn. at age 88. Character actor Robert Prosky died in Washington, D.C. five days short of his 78th birthday.
• One year ago: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced that his cancer had returned and that he would undergo another surgery in Cuba. Pakistan's president visited a British hospital where a 15-year-old schoolgirl, Malala Yousafzai (mah-LAH'-lah YOO'-suhf-zeye), was being treated after being shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in October. Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy.
• Today's Birthdays: Actor-director Maximilian Schell is 83. Flutist James Galway is 74. Singer Jerry Butler is 74. Pop musician Bobby Elliott (The Hollies) is 72. Actress Mary Woronov is 70. Actor John Rubinstein is 67. Rock singer-musician Gregg Allman is 66. Reggae singer Toots Hibbert (Toots and the Maytals) is 65. Actress Kim Basinger (BAY'-sing-ur) is 60. Rock musician Warren Cuccurullo is 57. Rock musician Phil Collen (Def Leppard) is 56. Country singer Marty Raybon is 54. World Bank President Jim Yong Kim is 54. Political commentator Ann Coulter is 52. Rock musician Marty Friedman is 51. Actor Wendell Pierce is 50. Actress Teri Hatcher is 49. Actor David Harewood (TV: "Homeland") is 48. Rapper Bushwick Bill (The Geto Boys) is 47. Singer Sinead (shih-NAYD') O'Connor is 47. Actor Matthew Laborteaux is 47. Rock musician Ryan Newell (Sister Hazel) is 41. Actor Dominic Monaghan is 37. Actor Ian Somerhalder is 35. Rock singer Ingrid Michaelson is 34. R&B singer Chrisette Michele is 31. Actress Hannah Ware is 31. Rock singer-actress Kate Voegele (VOH'-gehl) is 27. Actress AnnaSophia Robb is 20.
• Thought for Today: "So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs." - Elbert Hubbard, American author (1856-1915).

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