


1863
President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania.
1969
Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean made the second crewed landing on the moon.
1977
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to visit Israel.
2004
In one of the worst brawls in U.S. sports history, Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson of the Indiana Pacers charged into the stands and fought with Detroit Pistons fans after a fan threw a drink at Artest, forcing officials to end the Pacers’ 97-82 win with 45.9 seconds left.
2017
Charles Manson, the cult leader behind the murders of actress Sharon Tate and six others in Los Angeles in 1969, died in a California hospital at the age of 83 after nearly a half-century in prison.
Birthdays
Talk show host Dick Cavett is 88. Media mogul and philanthropist Ted Turner is 86. Fashion designer Calvin Klein is 82. Poet Sharon Olds is 82. Sportscaster and former NFL wide receiver Ahmad Rashad is 75. Former NASA astronaut Eileen Collins is 68. Actor Allison Janney is 65. Actor Meg Ryan is 63. Actor-filmmaker Jodie Foster is 62. Actor Reid Scott is 47.