2001 Shoe Bomber Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.

2001 Cloning The first cloned pet, Cc the cat is born.

1984 Subway Vigilante Bernhard Goetz shoots four black youths in a N.Y. subway car. He claimed he was frightened when they asked for five dollars. He was convicted (1987) of carrying an unlicensed concealed weapon, fined $5,000 and sentenced to six months in jail.

1973 55 mph The speed limit is reduced to 55 mph.

1968 The crew of the USS Pueblo is released by the North Koreans. They had been captured in January.

1961 Vietnam War "The first American to fall in defense of our freedom in Vietnam," as declared by Pres. Johnson - Army Specialist 4 James Davis.  However, there were previous American casualties.

1956 First gorilla born in captivity Colo is born at the Columbus Zoo in Ohio. Source: Famous First Facts

1894 United States Golf Association (USGA) is formed.

1769 Daniel Boone is captured by Indians. He later escaped.

1949 Robin and Maurice (d. 2003) Gibb British singers, songwriters, with the Bee Gees. Music: Stayin' Alive (1977) and Night Fever (1977, #1).

1945 Diane Sawyer American news correspondent. TV: 60 Minutes and PrimeTime Live.

1924 Ruth Roman d. 1999 (Norma Roman), American actress.  She played the title role in the 1945 thirteen-episode serial Jungle Queen. TV: Knots Landing (Sylvia Lean).

1922 Barbara Billingsley (Barbara Lillian Combes), American actress. TV: Leave It to Beaver (June Cleaver).

1917 Gene Rayburn American TV personality. TV: The Match Game (emcee).

1912 Lady Bird Johnson (Claudia Johnson), American first lady, wife of Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson.

1869 Edwin Arlington Robinson d. 1935 American poet, 3-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, known for his short character sketches such as Richard Cory and Miniver Cheevy.

1854 Giacomo Puccini d. 1924 Italian operatic composer, La Bohème, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly.

1727 William Ellery d. 1820 American patriot, signer of the Declaration of Independence.

1696 James Edward Oglethorpe d. 1785 English general, colonized Georgia and founded the city of Savannah (1733).

1993 Don DeFore b. 1917 American actor. TV: The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (next-door neighbor "Thorny" Thornberry) and Hazel (Mr. Baxter).

1979 Darryl Francis Zanuck b. 1902 American Oscar-winning movie producer and executive, co-founder of 20th Century Pictures (1933).  In 1946, he predicted the quick demise of television stating, "People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night."

1959 Gilda Gray b. 1901 Polish-born dancer, singer. She created the Shimmy dance of the Roaring Twenties.

1943 Beatrix Potter b. 1866 English author, illustrator. Writings: The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902).

1930 Charles Kassell Harris b. 1865 American songwriter. He wrote After the Ball (1892), the first million-seller song. Sold as sheet music, it eventually sold 10 million copies.

1917 Saint Frances Xavier Cabrina b. 1850 patron saint of Emigrants, first American to be declared a Saint by the Roman Catholic Church (1946). She founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart.

1902 Baron Richard von Krafft-Ebing b. 1840 German physician, neurologist, pioneer in clinical psychology. His Psychopathia Sexualis (1886) became a standard text and has been translated into seven languages.

1668 Stephen Daye b. circa 1594 American printer. He was the first printer in British America with Freeman's Oath (1639). He also printed the Bay Psalm Book (1640), the first book printed in America in English.

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