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• In 1972, Kim Il Sung, the premier of North Korea, was named the country's president under a new constitution.
• In 1987, the bodies of 14 relatives of Ronald Gene Simmons were found at his home near Dover, Ark., after Simmons shot and killed two other people in Russellville. (Simmons was executed in 1990.)
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• Ten years ago: Libya, for the first time, allowed U.N. nuclear officials to inspect four sites related to its nuclear weapons program.
• Five years ago: A bomb-loaded SUV exploded at a military checkpoint in Afghanistan, claiming the lives of 14 school children in a heartbreaking flash captured by a U.S. security camera. The Detroit Lions completed an awful 0-16 season - the NFL's worst ever - with a 31-21 loss to the Green Bay Packers.
• One year ago: Russia's President Vladimir Putin signed a law banning Americans from adopting Russian children.
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• Today's Birthdays: Comic book creator Stan Lee is 91. Former United Auto Workers union president Owen Bieber is 84. Actor Martin Milner is 82. Actress Nichelle Nichols is 81. Actress Dame Maggie Smith is 79. Rock singer-musician Charles Neville is 75. Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., is 69. Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., is 67. Rock singer-musician Edgar Winter is 67. Actor Denzel Washington is 59. Country singer Joe Diffie is 55. Country musician Mike McGuire (Shenandoah) is 55. Actor Chad McQueen is 53. Country singer-musician Marty Roe (Diamond Rio) is 53. Actor Malcolm Gets is 49. Actor Mauricio Mendoza is 44. Comedian Seth Meyers is 40. Actor Brendan Hines is 37. Actor Joe Manganiello (TV: "True Blood") is 37. Actress Vanessa Ferlito (TV: "Graceland") is 36. Rhythm-and-blues singer John Legend is 35. Actress Sienna Miller is 32. Pop singer Kasey Sheridan (Dream) is 27. Actor Thomas Dekker is 26. Actress Mackenzie Rosman is 24. Pop singer David Archuleta (TV: "American Idol") is 23.
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• Thought for Today: "Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them." - Jawaharlal Nehru (jah-WAH'-hahr-lahl NAY'-roo), Indian statesman (1889-1964).
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