1992 New Catechism The Roman Catholic Church releases the first revision to its catechism in 426 years. It was more tolerant toward gays and maintained the Church's position against birth control and abortion.

1973 Alaska Pipeline Pres. Nixon signs the act authorizing construction of the Alaskan oil pipeline from the North Slope to Valdez.

1965 First man-made object to strike another planet Soviet Venera 3 is launched. It landed on Venus in March.

1933 The U.S. resumes diplomatic relations with Russia

1907 Oklahoma becomes the 46th state.

1864 Civil War - March to the Sea Gen. Sherman (Union) leaves Atlanta with 60,000 troops and heads for the sea in order to cut the Confederacy in two.

1762 First Anatomy Lecture in America William Shippen, Jr. begins a series of lectures using anatomical drawings and casts made by the famous Dutch painter, Jan Van Rymsdyk

1967 Lisa Bonet American actress. TV: The Cosby Show (Denise) and A Different World (Denise).

1952 Jay Kerr American actor. TV: The Young and the Restless (Brian Forbes).

1916 Daws Butler d. 1988 (Charles Dawson Butler), American cartoon voice. TV: voice of Elroy Jetson and Yogi Bear.

1907 Burgess Meredith d. 1997 American actor. TV: Batman (the Penguin), The Twilight Zone (1959, Time Enough at Last - The book lover who finds himself blissfully alone with his books after a nuclear war). Film: Rocky (1976, Mickey, Rocky's trainer). He was blacklisted from films by Senator Joseph McCarthy hearings in the 1950s.

1894 Mabel Normand d. 1930 American actress. She tossed the first pie ever thrown in a movie (1913, the silent film A Noise From the Deep).

1873 W.C. Handy d. 1958 (William Christopher Handy), American composer, musician, Father of the Blues. He composed Memphis Blues (1912) which was the first blues song published in the U.S.

42 B.C. Tiberius d. A.D. 37 Roman Emperor (14-37 A.D.), known for his vices and cruelty to his enemies.

2005 Ralph Edwards b. 1913 American Radio Hall of Fame radio and TV host. TV: Truth or Consequences and This Is Your Life.

1981 William Holden b. 1918 (William Franklin Beedle Jr.), American actor.

1965 Harry Blackstone b. 1885 (Harry Bouton), American magician, famous for his Hindu rope trick and woman-in-the-cabinet illusions.

1965 Allen Balcom Du Mont b. 1901 American inventor. He developed the first commercially practical cathode ray tube, marketed the first home TV receiver (1939), and established the Du Mont TV network (1946).

1960 Clark Gable b. 1901 American Oscar-winning actor. Film: Gone With the Wind (1939, Rhett Butler). Warner Bros. Studios had turned him down, claiming his ears were too big.

1948 Frederick Gardner Cottrell b. 1877 chemist, invented the electrostatic precipitator, used to remove dust and suspended particles from air.

1934 Alice Liddell b. 1852 English child for whom Lewis Carroll wrote the Alice in Wonderland stories.

1895 Samuel Francis Smith b. 1808 American poet, songwriter. Music: My Country, 'Tis of Thee (1832) which served as the U.S. national anthem prior to the adoption of the Star Spangled Banner.

1819 John Greenwood b. 1760 American dentist. He made George Washington's dentures and also invented the foot-powered drill.

1272 Henry III b. 1207 King of England (1216-72).

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