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Rosa, Calif., at age 95. "Star Trek" actress Majel Barrett Roddenberry, widow of series creator Gene Roddenberry, died in Los Angeles at age 76.
One year ago: Classes resumed in Newtown, Conn., except at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the scene of a massacre four days earlier. Two bank robbers pulled off a daring escape from downtown Chicago's high-rise jail by scaling down 17 stories using a makeshift rope. (Kenneth Conley and Jose Banks were later recaptured.) Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel became the first freshman to be voted The Associated Press Player of the Year in college football.

Today's Birthdays: Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark is 86. Actor-producer Roger Smith is 81. Blues musician Lonnie Brooks is 80. Actor Roger Mosley is 75. Rock singer-musician Keith Richards is 70. Writer-director Alan Rudolph is 70. Movie producer-director Steven Spielberg is 67. Blues artist Ron Piazza is 66. Movie director Gillian Armstrong is 63. Movie reviewer Leonard Maltin is 63. Rock musician Elliot Easton is 60. Actor Ray Liotta is 58. Comedian Ron White is 57. Actor Brad Pitt is 50. Professional wrestler-turned-actor "Stone Cold" Steve Austin is 49. Actor Shawn Christian is 48. Actress Rachel Griffiths is 45. Singer Alejandro Sanz is 45. Country/rap singer Cowboy Troy is 43. Rapper DMX is 43. International Tennis Hall of Famer Arantxa Sanchez Vicario is 42. DJ Lethal (Limp Bizkit) is 41. Country singer Randy Houser is 37. Actor Josh Dallas is 35. Actress Katie Holmes is 35. Singer Christina Aguilera is 33. Christian rock musician Dave Luetkenhoelter (Kutless) is 31. Actress Ashley Benson is 24. Actress-singer Bridgit Mendler is 21. Actress Isabella Cramp (TV: "The Neighbors") is nine.

• Thought for Today:
"No one worth possessing can be quite possessed." - Sara Teasdale, American author and poet (1884-1933).

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