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Ten years ago: President George W. Bush signed a 10-year, $350 billion package of tax cuts, saying they already were "adding fuel to an economic recovery." Amnesty International released a report saying the U.S.-led war on terror had made the world a more dangerous and repressive place, a finding dismissed by Washington as "without merit." Actress Martha Scott died in Van Nuys, Calif., at age 90.
Five years ago: The White House reacted angrily to a highly critical memoir by President George W. Bush's former press secretary, Scott McClellan, who wrote that Bush had relied on an aggressive "political propaganda campaign" instead of the truth to sell the Iraq war. Nepal's lawmakers abolished the monarchy and declared the country a republic, ending 239 years of royal rule.
One year ago: President Barack Obama paid tribute on Memorial Day to the men and women who died defending America, pointing to Vietnam veterans as an under-appreciated and sometimes maligned group of war heroes. Nineteen people, including 13 children, were killed in a mall fire in Qatar.
Today's birthdays: Rockabilly singer-musician Sonny Burgess is 84. Actress Carroll Baker is 82. Producer-director Irwin Winkler is 82. Actor John Karlen is 80. Basketball Hall-of-Famer Jerry West is 75. Actress Beth Howland is 72. Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is 69. Singer Gladys Knight is 69. Actress-director Sondra Locke is 69. Singer Billy Vera is 69. Singer John Fogerty is 68. Country musician Jerry Douglas (Alison Krauss and Union Station) is 57. Actor Louis Mustillo is 55. U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C.., is 53. Actor Brandon Cruz (TV: "The Courtship of Eddie's Father") is 51. Country singer Phil Vassar is 49. Actress Christa Miller is 49. Singer-musician Chris Ballew (Presidents of the USA) is 48. Rapper Chubb Rock is 45. Singer Kylie Minogue (KY'-lee mihn-OHG') is 45. Actor Justin Kirk is 44. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is 42. Television personality Elisabeth Hasselbeck ("The View") is 36. Actor Jesse Bradford is 34. Actress Monica Keena is 34. Pop singer Colbie Caillat (kal-LAY') is 28. Actress Carey Mulligan is 28. Actor Joseph Cross is 27.
Thought for today: "Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden." -- Marcus Garvey, Jamaican black nationalist (1887-1940)
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