HISTORY TODAY: November 19, 2017

Only true known photo of Lincoln delivering Gettysburg address in 1863.

1863

Abraham Lincoln delivers the “Gettysburg Address”
at the dedication of the National Cemetery at the site of the Battle of Gettysburg.

1620		The Pilgrims sight Cape Cod.
1828		In Vienna, Composer Franz Schubert dies of syphilis at age 31.
1861		Julia Ward Howe writes “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” while visiting Union troops near Washington.
1863		Abraham Lincoln delivers the “Gettysburg Address” at the dedication of the National Cemetery at the site of the Battle of Gettysburg.
1885		Bulgarians, led by Stefan Stambolov, repulse a larger Serbian invasion force at Slivnitsa.
1873		James Reed and two accomplices rob the Watt Grayson family of $30,000 in the Choctaw Nation.
1897		The Great “City Fire” in London breaks out.
1905		100 people drown in the English Channel as the steamer Hilda sinks.
1911		New York receives the first Marconi wireless transmission from Italy.
1915		The Allies ask China to join the entente against the Central Powers.
1923		The Oklahoma State Senate ousts Governor Walton for anti-Ku Klux Klan measures.
1926		Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Politburo in the Soviet Union.
1942		Soviet forces take the offensive at Stalingrad.
1949		Prince Ranier III is crowned the 30th Prince of Monaco.
1952		Scandinavian Airlines opens a commercial route from Canada to Europe.
1969		Apollo 12 touches down on the moon.
1973		The New York stock market takes its sharpest drop in 19 years.
1976		Patty Hearst is released from prison on $1.5 million bail.
1981		U.S. Steel agrees to pay $6.3 million for Marathon Oil.
1985		US President Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, meet for the first time.
1985		In the largest civil verdict in US history, Pennzoil wins $10.53 billion judgement against Texaco.
1990		Pop duo Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award after it is learned they did not sing on their award-winning Girl You Know Its True album.
1996		Canada’s Lt. Gen. Maurice Baril arrives in Africa to lead a multinational force policing Zaire.
1998		The US House of Representatives begins impeachment hearings against President Bill Clinton.
2010		New Zealand suffers its worst mining disaster since 1914 when the first of four explosions occurs at the Pike River Mine; 29 people are killed.
Born on November 19
1600		Charles I, King of England and Ireland.
1797		Sojourner Truth, abolitionist and women’s rights advocate.
1831		James Garfield, 20th president of the United States.
1899		Allen Tate, Southern novelist, poet and critic.
1915		Billy Strayhorn, composer, arranger and pianist who wrote “Take the ‘A’ Train.”
1917		Indira Gandhi, prime minister of India from 1967 to 1977 and 1978 to 1984 who was assassinated by her own guards.
1921		Roy Campanella, Hall of Fame baseball star.
1933		Larry King, journalist and long-time talk show host.
1936		Dick Cavett, host of TV talk shows The Tonight Show and The Dick Cavett Show.
1938		Ted Turner, businessman; founder of Turner Broadcasting System.
1942		Calvin Klein, fashion designer; founder of Calvin Klein, Inc..
1942		Sharon Olds, poet (The Dead and The Living, The Gold Cell).
1954		General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of Egypt (2014– ); played a leading role in the July 2013 coup ousting President Mohamed Morsi.
1956		Ann Curry, journalist; co-anchor of Today, June 9, 2011–June 28, 2012; anchor of Dateline NBC 2005–2011.
1962		Jodie Foster, actress, director, producer; came to fame at age 13 in the 1976 film Taxi Driver; won an Academy Award for Best Actress (1989) for The Accused.
1966		Gail Devers, three-time Olympic champion in track and field (US team); won gold in 1992 (100 m) and two gold medals in 1996 (100 m, 4x100m relay).
1976		Jack Dorsey, businessman; co-founder of Twitter.

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