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 Today's highlight in history:
On Nov. 19, 1863, President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania.
On this date:
In 1794, the United States and Britain signed Jay's Treaty, which resolved issues left over from the Revolutionary War.
In 1831, the 20th president of the United States, James Garfield, was born in Orange Township, Ohio.
In 1917, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was born in Allahabad.
In 1919, the Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles by a vote of 55-39, short of the two-thirds majority needed for ratification.
In 1942, during World War II, Russian forces launched their winter offensive against the Germans along the Don front.
In 1959, Ford Motor Co. announced it was halting production of the unpopular Edsel.
In 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean made the second manned landing on the moon.
In 1977, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to visit Israel.
In 1984, some 500 people died in a firestorm set off by a series of explosions at a petroleum storage plant on the edge of Mexico City.
In 1985, President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev met for the first time as they began their summit in Geneva.
Ten years ago: Iowa seamstress Bobbi McCaughey gave birth to septuplets four boys and three girls. The space shuttle Columbia zoomed into orbit on a two-week science mission.
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 Five years ago: An oil tanker carrying 20 million gallons of fuel oil broke in two and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off northwest Spain. U.N. weapons inspectors wrapped up a two-day visit to Iraq. The Senate voted 90-9 to approve creation of the Department of Homeland Security. Singer Michael Jackson made a public appearance at his Berlin hotel, briefly holding his youngest child, Prince Michael II, over a fourth-floor balcony rail in front of dozens of fans waiting below.
One year ago: British authorities said they were investigating the apparent poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, a former KGB agent who had been critical of the Russian government (Litvinenko died in London four days later of polonium poisoning). Actor Jeremy Slate died in Los Angeles at age 80.
Today's birthdays: Actor Alan Young is 88. Talk show host Larry King is 74. Talk show host Dick Cavett is 71. Broadcasting and sports mogul Ted Turner is 69. Singer Pete Moore (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles) is 68. Sen. Tom Harkin, Democrat-Iowa, is 68. TV journalist Garrick Utley is 68. Actor Dan Haggerty is 66. Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson is 66. Fashion designer Calvin Klein is 65. Sportscaster Ahmad Rashad is 58. Actor Robert Beltran is 54. Actress Kathleen Quinlan is 53. Actress Glynnis O'Connor is 52. Newscaster Ann Curry is 51. Actress Allison Janney is 47. Rock musician Matt Sorum (Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver) is 47. Actress Meg Ryan is 46. Actress-director Jodie Foster is 45. Actress Terry Farrell is 44. Actor Jason Scott Lee is 41. Olympic gold medal runner Gail Devers is 41. Rock musician Travis McNabb (Better Than Ezra) is 38. Singer Tony Rich is 36. Country singer Jason Albert (Heartland) is 34. Country singer Billy Currington is 34. Dancer-choreographer Savion Glover is 34. Country musician Chad Jeffers is 32. Rhythm-and-blues singer Tamika Scott (Xscape) is 32. Rhythm-and-blues singer Lil' Mo is 30.
Thought for today: "It is always brave to say what everyone thinks."
-- George Duhamel, French author (1884-1966).
[Associated Press]
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