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Roger Louis Schutz-Marsauche , better known as Brother Roger, is murdered by a mentally-ill woman during an afternoon prayer service. Brother Roger is best known for founding the Taizé Community in 1940 . His death saddened many officials and leaders across Europe, including Pope Benedict XVI . (BBC) (Bloomberg)

Russia n Cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev set a Record For The Most Days Spent In Space , clocking almost 748 days over a 20-year career. (AFP via Yahoo! News) , (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

In Richmond, Virginia , thousands of people stampede at the Richmond International Raceway to obtain one of 1000 $50 IBook s being liquidated by the Henrico County school district. Seventeen people suffer minor injuries, with four requiring hospital treatment. Cincinnati Post MSNBC macworld uk Richmond Times-Dispatch

Lena Baker is pardoned by the Georgia Board Of Pardons And Paroles 60 years after her Execution (CNN)

Coretta Scott King , widow of civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King, Jr. , is admitted to Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta for possible Stroke . (AP) (ABC news)

Madonna suffers multiple Broken Bones from a Horseback Riding accident during her 47th birthday celebration. (MTV)

ITN news announces it has uncovered classified documents which seem to imply that Jean Charles De Menezes , the man shot dead by British Police on July 22 , 2005 , was not wearing a heavy coat, did not jump the ticket barrier, was not given a warning, and did not at any time flee from police. (ITN)

Two Puma Helicopters crash near the city of Herat , in western Afghanistan , killing Spanish troops. (BBC)

West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 from Colombia crashes in a remote region of Venezuela with 160 people on board. (BBC)

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World Youth Day 2005 begins in Cologne , Germany . (SD)