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wegian fjord that he'd made his home.
Five years ago: A bomb exploded inside the West Coast Bank in Woodburn, Ore., killing Woodburn Police Capt. Thomas Tennant and Oregon State Police Senior Trooper William Hakim. Actor Van Johnson died in Nyack, N.Y. at age 92.
One year ago: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said uncertainty over the possible effects of automatic tax hikes and spending cuts scheduled to take effect the following month were adversely affecting consumer and business confidence. Pedro Hernandez, charged with killing a 6-year-old New York City boy, pleaded not guilty to murder, even though police said he had confessed to killing Etan Patz (AY'-tahn PAYTS), who disappeared as he walked to the bus stop on his way to school in 1979.

Today's Birthdays: Former TV host Bob Barker is 90. Basketball Hall of Famer Bob Pettit is 81. Singer Connie Francis is 76. Singer Dionne Warwick is 73. Rock singer-musician Dickey Betts is 70. Former race car driver Emerson Fittipaldi is 67. Actor Wings Hauser is 66. Actor Bill Nighy (ny) is 64. Actor Duane Chase (Film: "The Sound of Music") is 63. Country singer LaCosta is 63. Gymnast-turned-actress Cathy Rigby is 61. Author Lorna Landvik is 59. Singer-musician Sheila E. is 56. Actress Sheree J. Wilson is 55. Pop singer Daniel O'Donnell is 52. International Tennis Hall of Famer Tracy Austin is 51. Rock musician Eric Schenkman (Spin Doctors) is 50. Rock musician Nicholas Dimichino (Nine Days) is 46. Author Sophie Kinsella is 44. News anchor Maggie Rodriguez is 44. Actress Jennifer Connelly is 43. Actress Madchen Amick is 43. Actress Regina Hall is 43. Country singer Hank Williams III is 41. Actress Mayim Bialik is 38. Model Bridget Hall is 36.

Thought for Today: "I have never known a man who died from overwork, but many who died from doubt." - Charles Horace Mayo, American surgeon and co-founder of the Mayo Clinic (1865-1939).

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