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Al Oerter (b.1936), 4-time Olympic gold medal winner in the discus throw, died in Fort Myers, Fla.
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A burqa-clad woman blew herself up and killed at least 16 people at a crowded police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan. It was believed to be the first time a female suicide bomber has struck inside the country. Pakistan's top court ordered three officials suspended over a crackdown that wounded dozens of journalists and lawyers during protests against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's re-election bid.
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A Canadian judge acquitted three doctors, a New Jersey company and a former Red Cross official of criminal charges in a tainted-blood scandal that infected thousands of Canadians with HIV or hepatitis and resulted in more than 3,000 deaths.
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A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives just outside the gates of Mosul University, killing an agriculture professor. An umbrella group for al-Qaida in Iraq confirmed the death of Abu Osama al-Tunisi, a senior Tunisian leader linked to the kidnapping and killings of US soldiers last year. He was killed in a US airstrike south of Baghdad.
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Dozens of freed Palestinian prisoners kissed the ground at this West Bank checkpoint after Israel released them in a gesture to President Mahmoud Abbas ahead of a US-sponsored Mideast peace conference. Israeli troops killed two Hamas militants in Gaza in a gunbattle.
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Ecuador’s Pres. Rafael Correa announced a plan to wipe out the party system and tighten government control of the economy after appearing to win a free hand to overhaul the constitution.
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Fighting broke out between Somaliland and Puntland in the disputed Sool region and at least 10 people were killed in a battle for control of Las Anod.
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MAY, 23
- Current / Future Events
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1990 –
Charlie McDonnell, British YouTube Personality
1989 –
Brie Larson, American pop singer and actress
1988 –
Cariba Heine, Australian actress
1988 –
Jorge Núñez, Puerto Rican singer
1987 –
Hiroki Aiba, Japanese actor, singer
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Jurnee Smollett, American actress
1986 –
Justin Westhoff, Australian rules footballer
1986 –
Ricardo Vaz Té, Portuguese footballer
1986 –
Sayaka, Japanese singer
1985 –
Nazimuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer
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October, 1
- Births
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2007,
Chris Mainwaring, Australian rules footballer (b. 1965)
2007,
Harry Lee, Sheriff of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana (b. 1932)
2007,
Al Oerter, American track and field athlete (b. 1936)
2007,
Ned Sherrin, English broadcaster, author and stage director (b. 1931)
2007,
Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and theme song composer (b. 1928)
2006,
Jerald Tanner, American religious activist (b. 1938)
2006,
André Viger, French Canadian wheelchair marathoner (b. 1952)
2004,
Richard Avedon, American photographer (b. 1923)
2004,
Bruce Palmer, Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield) (b. 1946)
2002,
Walter Annenberg, American publisher and philanthropist (b. 1908)
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October, 1
- Deaths
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