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of the U.S.-led occupation, was named president of Iraq's incoming government. Historian-biographer William Manchester died in Middletown, Connecticut, at age 82.
• Five years ago: Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330 carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of everyone on board. General Motors filed for Chapter 11, becoming the largest U.S. industrial company to enter bankruptcy protection. A gunman shot and killed Pvt. William Andrew Long outside of an Army recruiting center in Little Rock, Arkansas; another soldier, Pvt. Quinton I. Ezeagwula, was wounded. (Abdulhakim Muhammad, a Muslim convert, pleaded guilty to capital murder, attempted capital murder and gun charges; he was sentenced to life in prison without parole.) Conan O'Brien debuted as host of NBC's "Tonight Show." (He stepped down in January 2010 after a dispute with the network).
• One year ago: In a scene reminiscent of the Arab Spring, thousands of people flooded Istanbul's main square after a crackdown on an anti-government protest turned city streets into a battlefield clouded by tear gas.
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• Today's Birthdays: Actor Richard Erdman is 89. Singer Pat Boone is 80. Actor-writer-director Peter Masterson is 80. Actor Morgan Freeman is 77. Actor Rene Auberjonois is 74. Opera singer Frederica von Stade is 69. Actor Brian Cox is 68. Rock musician Ronnie Wood is 67. Actor Jonathan Pryce is 67. Actor Powers Boothe is 66. Actress Gemma Craven is 64. Blues-rock musician Tom Principato is 62. Country singer Ronnie Dunn is 61. Actress Lisa Hartman Black is 58. Actor Tom Irwin (TV: "Devious Maids") is 58. Singer-musician Alan Wilder is 55. Rock musician Simon Gallup (The Cure) is 54. Country musician Richard Comeaux (River Road) is 53. Actor-comedian Mark Curry is 53. Actor-singer Jason Donovan is 46. Actress Teri Polo is 45. Basketball player-turned-coach Tony Bennett is 45. Actor Rick Gomez is 42. Model-actress Heidi Klum is 41. Singer Alanis Morissette is 40. Actress Sarah Wayne Callies is 37. TV personality Damien Fahey is 34. Pop singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile is 33. Actor Johnny Pemberton is 33. Tennis player Justine Henin is 32. Actor Taylor Handley is 30. Actress Willow Shields (Film: "The Hunger Games") is 14.
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• Thought for Today: "He who talks much cannot always talk well." - Carlo Goldoni, Italian dramatist (1707-1793).
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