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on a Saigon street to protest the government of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem (noh deen dyem).
• In 1977, Seattle Slew won the Belmont Stakes, capturing the Triple Crown.
• In 1987, Margaret Thatcher became the first British prime minister in 160 years to win a third consecutive term of office as her Conservatives held onto a reduced majority in Parliament.
• In 1993, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that people who commit "hate crimes" motivated by bigotry may be sentenced to extra punishment; the court also ruled religious groups had a constitutional right to sacrifice animals in worship services.
• In 2001, Timothy McVeigh, 33, was executed by injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people.
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• Ten years ago: The nation bade a lingering goodbye to former President Ronald Reagan at a stately funeral service in Washington, D.C. followed hours later by a hilltop burial ceremony in his beloved California. Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols was again spared the death penalty when jurors who'd convicted him of 161 murder counts in a state trial deadlocked over his sentence. "Prince of high fashion" Egon von Furstenberg died in Rome at age 57.
• Five years ago: With swine flu reported in more than 70 nations, the World Health Organization declared the first global flu pandemic in 41 years. The NCAA placed Alabama's football program and 15 other of the school's athletic teams on three years' probation for major violations due to misuse of free textbooks, stripping the Crimson Tide of 21 football wins over a three-year period.
• One year ago: A parade of FBI and intelligence officials briefed the entire House on the government's years-long collection of phone records and Internet usage, saying it was necessary for protecting Americans - and did not trample on their privacy rights. The American Civil Liberties Union and its New York chapter sued the federal government, asking a court to demand that the Obama administration end the program and purge the records it had collected. The Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks got into a bench-clearing brawl in the seventh inning that resulted in six ejections before the Dodgers won the game at home, 5-3.
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• Today's Birthdays: U.S. Rep. Charles B. Rangel, D-N.Y., is 84. Actor Gene Wilder is 81. Comedian Johnny Brown is 77. International Motorsports Hall of Famer Jackie Stewart is 75. Singer Joey Dee is 74. Actress Adrienne Barbeau is 69. Rock musician Frank Beard (ZZ Top) is 65. Animal rights activist Ingrid Newkirk is 65. Rock singer Donnie Van Zant is 62. Actor Peter Bergman is 61. Pro Football Hall of

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