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Five years ago: A Texas appeals court said the state had no right to take more than 400 children from a polygamist group's ranch the previous month. (The children were returned to their parents.) Britain's Conservative Party won a special election that was viewed as a rebuke to Prime Minister and Labour Party leader Gordon Brown. Indiana Jones returned to the big screen in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."
One year ago: The Falcon 9, built by billionaire businessman Elon Musk, sped toward the International Space Station with a load of groceries and other supplies, marking the first time a commercial spacecraft had been sent to the orbiting outpost. In Flint, Mich., Elias Abuelazam (eh-lee-AHS' A'-boo-LAH'-zuhm), a drifter accused of faking car trouble, then stabbing strangers who came to his aid, was convicted of murdering handyman Arnold Minor after jurors rejected an insanity defense. Wesley A. Brown, the first African-American to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, died in Silver Spring, Md., at age 85. Green Bay Packers receiver Donald Driver and his professional partner, Peta Murgatroyd, won "Dancing with the Stars" on ABC.
Today's birthdays: Singer Charles Aznavour is 89. Actor Michael Constantine is 86. Conductor Peter Nero is 79. Actor-director Richard Benjamin is 75. Actor Frank Converse is 75. Former CNN anchor Bernard Shaw is 73. Actress Barbara Parkins is 71. Retired MLB All-Star pitcher Tommy John is 70. Songwriter Bernie Taupin is 63. Actor-producer Al Corley is 57. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, is 56. Singer Morrissey is 54. Actress Ann Cusack is 52. Country musician Dana Williams (Diamond Rio) is 52. Rock musician Jesse Valenzuela is 51. Actor Mark Christopher Lawrence is 49. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney is 48. Rhythm-and-blues singer Johnny Gill (New Edition) is 47. Rock musician Dan Roberts (Crash Test Dummies) is 46. Actress Brooke Smith is 46. Model Naomi Campbell is 43. Actress Anna Belknap is 41. Actress Alison Eastwood is 41. Singer Donell Jones is 40. Actor Sean Gunn is 39. Actress A.J. Langer is 39. Actress Ginnifer Goodwin is 35. Actress Maggie Q is 34. Olympic gold-medal speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno is 31.
Thought for today: "It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations." -- Walter Bagehot, English editor and economist (1826-1877)
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