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selling old-formula Coke, while continuing to sell New Coke.
• In 1989, Mel Blanc, the "man of a thousand voices," including such cartoon characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, died in Los Angeles at age 81.
• In 1991, Boris N. Yeltsin took the oath of office as the first elected president of the Russian republic. President George H.W. Bush lifted economic sanctions against South Africa.
• In 1994, in the first meeting of its kind, Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin joined leaders of the Group of Seven nations for political talks following their annual economic summit in Naples, Italy.
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• Ten years ago: President George W. Bush said in his weekly radio address that legalizing gay marriage would redefine the most fundamental institution of civilization, and that a constitutional amendment was needed to protect traditional marriage.
• Five years ago: General Motors completed an unusually quick exit from bankruptcy protection with promises of making money and building cars people would be eager to buy. Pope Benedict XVI stressed the Catholic church's opposition to abortion and embryonic stem-cell research in his first meeting with President Barack Obama at the Vatican. Embattled Illinois Sen. Roland Burris announced he would not run for a full term in 2010. Jonathan Sanchez pitched the majors' first no-hitter of the season in San Francisco's 8-0 win over the San Diego Padres. British conductor Sir Edward Downes, 85, almost blind and growing deaf, and his terminally ill wife, Joan, 74, ended their lives together at an assisted suicide clinic in Zurich, Switzerland.
• One year ago: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) pleaded not guilty in the Boston Marathon bombing in a seven-minute proceeding that marked his first appearance in public since his capture in mid-April 2013. In a first, the Navy succeeded in landing a drone the size of a fighter jet aboard an aircraft carrier, the USS George H.W. Bush, off the Virginia coast. David Ortiz doubled in his first at-bat to become baseball's career leader in hits as a designated hitter and hit a two-run homer an inning later, leading the Boston Red Sox to an 11-4 victory over Seattle.
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• Today's Birthdays: Former boxer Jake LaMotta is 93. Writer-producer Earl Hamner Jr. is 91. Former New York City Mayor David N. Dinkins is 87. Actor William Smithers is 87. Broadway composer Jerry Herman is 83. Director Ivan Passer is 81. Actor Lawrence Pressman is 75. Singer Mavis Staples is 75. Actor Mills Watson is 74. Actor Robert Pine is 73. Rock musician Jerry Miller (Moby Grape) is 71. Interna

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