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Five years ago: Israeli security forces poured into four Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip, beginning the forcible removal of protesters who'd refused orders to leave the area ahead of a deadline. Three car bombs exploded in Baghdad, killing up to 43 people. Hundreds of anti-war vigils were held nationwide, part of an effort spurred by Cindy Sheehan's protest near President George W. Bush's Texas ranch in memory of her son Casey, who was killed in Iraq.
One year ago: President Barack Obama, addressing the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Phoenix, chastised the defense industry and Congress for wasting tax dollars "with doctrine and weapons better suited to fight the Soviets on the plains of Europe than insurgents in the rugged terrain of Afghanistan." The publisher of Reader's Digest announced plans to seek bankruptcy protection. (The Reader's Digest Association Inc. exited Chapter 11 protection about six months later.) An accident at Russia's largest hydroelectric plant killed 75 workers.
Today's birthdays: Actress Maureen O'Hara is 90. Former Chinese president Jiang Zemin (jahng zuh-MEEN') is 84. Author V.S. Naipaul is 78. Baseball All-Star Boog Powell is 69. Actor Robert DeNiro is 67. Movie director Martha Coolidge is 64. Rock musician Gary Talley (The Box Tops) is 63. Rock musician Sib Hashian is 61. Actor Robert Joy is 59. Tennis Hall of Famer Guillermo Vilas is 58. Rock singer Kevin Rowland (Dexy's Midnight Runners) is 57. Rock musician Colin Moulding (XTC) is 55. Country singer-songwriter Kevin Welch is 55. Olympic gold medal figure skater Robin Cousins is 53. Singer Belinda Carlisle is 52. Author Jonathan Franzen is 51. Actor Sean Penn is 50. Jazz musician Everette Harp is 49. Rock musician Gilby Clarke is 48. Singer Maria McKee is 46. Rock musician Steve Gorman (The Black Crowes) is 45. Rock musician Jill Cunniff (kuh-NIHF') is 44. Actor David Conrad is 43. Singer Donnie Wahlberg is 41. Former basketball player Christian Laettner is 41. Rapper Posdnuos (PAHS'-deh-noos) is 41. Tennis Hall of Famer Jim Courier is 40. Baseball player Jorge Posada is 39. Actor Bryton McClure is 24. Actor Brady Corbet (kohr-BAY') is 22.
Thought for today: "A river has no politics." -- David E. Lilienthal, American public official (1899-1981)
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