#today20yearsago

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Ludmilla Tchérina, French prima ballerina, artist, actress, choreographer and author (Sins of Rome), dies at 79.

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Ahmed Yassin, co-founder and leader of the Palestinian Sunni Islamist militant group Hamas, and bodyguards killed in the Gaza Strip by Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache fired Hellfire missiles.

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Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (All the King's Men, The Exorcist, Giant), dies at 87.

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Terry Nichols is convicted of state murder charges and being an accomplice to Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.

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76th Academy Awards: "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," Sean Penn & Charlize Theron win.

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American singer-songwriter Solange Knowles (17) weds Texas Southern University football player Daniel Smith (19) at Old Bahama Bay Resort in Grand Bahama Island; divorce in 2007.

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John Randolph [Emanuel Hirsch Cohen], American actor (King Kong, Lucan, Lucas Tanner, Angie), dies at 88.

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Bob Mayo, American session keyboardist (Peter Frampton), dies of a heart attack at 52.

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Millie Bobby Brown

English actress (Stranger Things) and UNICEF goodwill ambassador, born in Marbella, Spain

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Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (Tour de France 1998), dies of acute cocaine poisoning at 34.

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Ryszard Kukliński, Polish colonel and Cold War spy for NATO, dies at 73.

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Kanye West releases his debut album "The College Dropout" (2005 Grammy Best Rap Album).

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46th Grammy Awards: Coldplay's "Clocks", and Evanescence win.

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Scotch Taylor, South African cricket batsman (1 Test; Transvaal) and executive (president South African Hockey Union), dies at 78.

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Jørgen Jersild, Danish composer and educator (Royal Danish Academy, 1953-75), dies at 91.

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