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geles at age 80. Saddam Hussein scoffed at charges of war crimes and mass killings, making a defiant first public appearance in an Iraqi court since being hunted down seven months earlier. Hundreds of thousands of people marched in Hong Kong to demand democratic rights from China. The Cassini spacecraft sent back photographs of Saturn's shimmering rings.
Five years ago: President Barack Obama held an hour-long town hall forum on health care reform in Annandale, Virginia, where, in an emotional moment, he hugged cancer patient Debby Smith, a volunteer for Obama's political operation, Organizing for America. Academy Award-winning actor Karl Malden, 97, died in Brentwood, California.
One year ago: President Barack Obama, during a visit to Tanzania, brushed aside sharp European criticism, suggesting that all nations spy on each other as the French and Germans expressed outrage over allegations of U.S. eavesdropping on European Union diplomats. President Obama joined his predecessor, former President George W. Bush, at a wreath-laying ceremony honoring victims of the 1998 embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya. Serena Williams joined a growing list of marquee names eliminated early at a wild and unpredictable Wimbledon, losing to Sabine Lisicki of Germany 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 in the fourth round. "Twister" game inventor Charles "Chuck" Foley, 82, died in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.

• Today's Birthdays:
Actress Olivia de Havilland is 98. Actress-dancer Leslie Caron is 83. Actress Jean Marsh is 80. Actor Jamie Farr is 80. Bluesman James Cotton is 79. Actor David Prowse is 79. Cookiemaker Wally Amos is 78. Dancer-choreographer Twyla Tharp is 73. Actress Genevieve Bujold is 72. Gospel singer Andrae Crouch is 72. Rock singer-actress Deborah Harry is 69. Movie-TV producer-director Michael Pressman is 64. Actor Daryl Anderson is 63. Actor Trevor Eve is 63. Actor Terrence Mann is 63. Rock singer Fred Schneider (B-52's) is 63. Pop singer Victor Willis (Village People) is 63. Actor-comedian Dan Aykroyd is 62. Actress Lorna Patterson is 58. Actor Alan Ruck is 58. Rhythm-and-blues singer Evelyn "Champagne" King is 54. Olympic gold medal track star Carl Lewis is 53. Country singer Michelle Wright is 53. Actor Andre Braugher is 52. Actor Dominic Keating is 52. Actress Pamela Anderson is 47. Rock musician Mark Pirro is 44. Rock musician Franny Griffiths (Space) is 44. Actor Henry Simmons is 44. Hip-hop artist Missy Elliott is 43. Actress Julianne Nicholson is 43. Actress Melissa Peterman is 43. Rock musician Bryan Devendorf (The National) is 39. Actress Liv Tyler is 37. Bluegrass musician Adam Haynes (Dailey & Vincent) is 35. Actress Hilarie Burton is 32. Actress Lynsey Bartilson is 31. Actress Lea Seydoux (LEE'-uh say-DOO') is 29. Actor

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