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Five years ago: Ex-convict Nicholas T. Sheley, suspected in eight grisly slayings in two states, was arrested outside a bar in Granite City, Ill. (Sheley has since been convicted of two murders.) The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver agreed to pay $5.5 million to settle 18 more claims by people who said they'd been sexually abused by priests when they were children. Clay Felker, founding editor of New York magazine, died at age 82.
One year ago: Syria's main opposition groups rejected a new international plan that called for a transitional government because the compromise agreement did not bar President Bashar Assad from participating. Voters in Mexico returned the Institutional Revolutionary Party to power. Spain won its third straight major soccer title, beating Italy 4-0 in the European Championship final in Kiev, Ukraine. Tiger Woods won the AT&T National at Congressional in Bethesda, Md. for the 74th win of his career.
Today's birthdays: Actress Olivia de Havilland is 97. Actress-dancer Leslie Caron is 82. Actress Jean Marsh is 79. Actor Jamie Farr is 79. Bluesman James Cotton is 78. Actor David Prowse is 78. Cookiemaker Wally Amos is 77. Actress Karen Black is 74. Dancer-choreographer Twyla Tharp is 72. Actress Genevieve Bujold is 71. Gospel singer Andrae Crouch is 71. Rock singer-actress Deborah Harry is 68. Movie-TV producer-director Michael Pressman is 63. Actor Daryl Anderson is 62. Actor Trevor Eve is 62. Actor Terrence Mann is 62. Rock singer Fred Schneider (B-52's) is 62. Pop singer Victor Willis (Village People) is 62. Actor-comedian Dan Aykroyd is 61. Actress Lorna Patterson is 57. Actor Alan Ruck is 57. Rhythm-and-blues singer Evelyn "Champagne" King is 53. Olympic gold medal track star Carl Lewis is 52. Country singer Michelle Wright is 52. Actor Andre Braugher is 51. Actress Pamela Anderson is 46. Rock musician Mark Pirro is 43. Rock musician Franny Griffiths (Space) is 43. Actor Henry Simmons is 43. Hip-hop artist Missy Elliott is 42. Actress Julianne Nicholson is 42. Actress Melissa Peterman is 42. Actress Liv Tyler is 36. Bluegrass musician Adam Haynes (Dailey & Vincent) is 34. Actress Hilarie Burton is 31. Actress Lynsey Bartilson is 30. Actor Evan Ellingson is 25. Actors Andrew and Steven Cavarno are 21.
Thought for today: "The more we learn the more we realize how little we know." -- R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983)
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