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the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz off Florida.
• In 1994, Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley were married in the Dominican Republic. (The marriage, however, ended in 1996.)
• Ten years ago: Nearly a decade after the Oklahoma City bombing, Terry Nichols was found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the attack. (Nichols later received 161 consecutive life sentences.) Fantasia Barrino was crowned the winner of "American Idol" in the Fox TV talent contest.
• Five years ago: President Barack Obama nominated federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. California's Supreme Court upheld the Proposition 8 gay marriage ban but said the 18,000 same-sex weddings that had taken place before the prohibition passed were still valid.
• One year ago: President Barack Obama visited tornado-devastated Moore, Oklahoma, consoling people staggered by the loss of life and property and promising that the government will be behind them "every step of the way." A Nigerian tugboat carrying 12 crew members capsized and sank in about 100 feet of water; a sole survivor (Harrison Odjegba Okene) was miraculously rescued three days later. Tony Kanaan won the Indianapolis 500. Ten fans were injured during the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway when a nylon rope supporting a FOX Sports overhead television camera fell from the grandstands onto the track surface. The lesbian romance "Blue is the Warmest Color: The Life of Adele" won the Palme d'Or at the 66th Cannes Film Festival.
• Today's Birthdays: Actor Alec McCowen is 89. Sportscaster Brent Musberger is 75. Country musician Gates Nichols (Confederate Railroad) is 70. Rock musician Garry Peterson (Guess Who) is 69. Singer Stevie Nicks is 66. Actress Pam Grier is 65. Actor Philip Michael Thomas is 65. Country singer Hank Williams Jr. is 65. Actress Margaret Colin is 57. Country singer-songwriter Dave Robbins is 55. Actor Doug Hutchison is 54. Actress Genie Francis is 52. Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait is 52. Singer-actor Lenny Kravitz is 50. Actress Helena Bonham Carter is 48. Rock musician Phillip Rhodes is 46. Actor Joseph Fiennes (FYNZ) is 44. Singer Joey Kibble (Take 6) is 43. Actor-producer-writer Matt Stone is 43. Contemporary Christian musician Nathan Cochran is 36. Actress Elisabeth Harnois is 35. Actor Hrach Titizian is 35.
• Thought for Today: "The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls." - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American feminist (1815-1902).
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