By TIME Staff
DIED
Nate Thurmond, star center for the then San Francisco Warriors in the 1960s and ’70s. The seven-time All-Star was known for his defensive skills.
DECLASSIFIED
Twenty-eight pages from a 2002 congressional inquiry into the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, discussing possible ties between the hijackers and Saudi Arabia. The White House said they did not prove the Saudi government had a direct role in the attacks.
ELECTED
The United Methodist Church’s first openly gay bishop, the Rev. Karen Oliveto of San Francisco, by the church’s western district, in spite of the denomination’s ban on same-sex relationships.
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