TODAY IN HISTORY

1863

President Abraham Lincoln dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania.

1919

The Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles by a vote of 55 in favor, 39 against, short of the two-thirds majority needed for ratification.

1969

Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean made the second manned landing on the moon.

2006

British authorities said they were investigating the apparent poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, a former KGB agent who had been critical of the Russian government.

2017

Charles Manson, the hippie cult leader behind the gruesome 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 Larry King is 86. Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson is 78. Broadcast journalist Ann Curry is 63. Rock musician Matt Sorum (Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver) is 59. Actress Meg Ryan is 58. Actress- director Jodie Foster is 57. Actress Terry Farrell is 56. Actor Jason Scott Lee is 53. Olympic gold medal runner Gail Devers is 53. Actress Katherine Kelly is 40. Country singer Cam is 35. Rapper Tyga is 30.