1965: Rioting that claimed 34 lives and lasted six days broke out in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles.

In the world

1972: The last U.S. ground combat troops left South Vietnam to return to the United States.

2012:, More than 300 people were killed and more than 3,000 injured after earthquakes struck near Tabriz, Iran.

Today’s birthdays

Country musician John Conlee is 80. Computer scientist and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is 76. Musician Joe Jackson is 72. Playwright David Henry Hwang is 69. Actor Viola Davis is 61. Actor Embeth Davidtz is 61. Actor-host Joe Rogan is 59. Actor Anna Gunn is 58. Actor Sophie Okonedo is 58. Rock guitarist Charlie Sexton is 58. Hip-hop artist Ali Shaheed Muhammad (A Tribe Called Quest) is 56. Actor Will Friedle is 50. Rock musician Ben Gibbard is 50. Actor Merritt Wever is 46. Actor Chris Hemsworth is 43. Rapper Asher Roth is 41. Actor Alyson Stoner is 33.

— The Associated Press