1732 - Benjamin Franklin began publishing "Poor Richard's Almanac"
1843 - Charles Dickens' classic Yuletide tale, "A Christmas Carol," was first published in England
1933 - Actress Cicely Tyson was born
1960 - Fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction in Brooklyn (50 die)
1963 - Actress Jennifer Beals was born
1972 - Actress Alyssa Milano was born and Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific, ending the Apollo program of manned lunar landings
1980 - Actor Jake Gyllenhaal was born
1996 - The school board of Oakland, Calif., voted to recognize Black English, also known as "ebonics"
1998 - President Bill Clinton was impeached
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