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New York's Shea Stadium were demolished.
One year ago: The European Union imposed trade and economic sanctions on North Korea while condemning "in the strongest terms" the nation's latest nuclear test. Robbers stole a reported $50 million worth of diamonds from the hold of a Swiss-bound plane at Brussels' international airport; more than 30 people were later detained and some of the loot recovered. President Hugo Chavez returned to Venezuela after more than two months of treatment in Cuba following cancer surgery.

Today's Birthdays: Actor George Kennedy is 89. Former Sen. John Warner, R-Va., is 87. Author Toni Morrison is 83. Movie director Milos (MEE'-lohsh) Forman is 82. Singer Yoko Ono is 81. Singer-songwriter Bobby Hart is 75. Singer Irma Thomas is 73. Singer Herman Santiago (Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers) is 73. Singer Dennis DeYoung is 67. Actress Sinead Cusack is 66. Actress Cybill Shepherd is 64. Singer Juice Newton is 62. Singer Randy Crawford is 62. Rock musician Robbie Bachman is 61. Rock musician Larry Rust (Iron Butterfly) is 61. Actor John Travolta is 60. Game show host Vanna White is 57. Actress Jayne Atkinson is 55. Actress Greta Scacchi (SKAH'-kee) is 54. Actor Matt Dillon is 50. Rapper Dr. Dre is 49. Actress Molly Ringwald is 46. Actress Sarah Brown is 39. Actor Ike Barinholtz (TV: "The Mindy Project") is 37. Actor Kristoffer Polaha is 37. Singer-musician Sean Watkins (Nickel Creek) is 37. Actor Tyrone Burton is 35. Rock-singer musician Regina Spektor is 34. Opera singer Isabel Leonard is 32. Roots rock musician Zac Cockrell (Alabama Shakes) is 26. Actor Shane Lyons is 26. Actress Maiara Walsh is 26.

• Thought for Today:
"The lack of a sense of history is the damnation of the modern world." - Robert Penn Warren, American author, poet and critic (1905-1989).

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