Today in History: November 19, Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address
Today is Tuesday, Nov. 19, the 324th day of 2024. There are 42 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Nov. 19, 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.
Also on this date:
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 crewed landing on the moon.
In 1977, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to visit Israel.
In 1985, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev met for the first time as they began their summit in Geneva.
In 1999, Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr testified before the House Judiciary Committee during impeachment hearings against President Bill Clinton.
In 2004, in one of the worst brawls in U.S. sports history, Ron Artest (now known as Metta Sandiford-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.
In 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.
In 2022, five people were killed and 25 injured when a shooter opened fire at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Today’s 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.
- Broadcast journalist Ann Curry is 68.
- Former NASA astronaut Eileen Collins is 68.
- Writer-filmmaker Charlie Kaufman is 66.
- Actor Allison Janney is 65.
- Actor Meg Ryan is 63.
- Actor-filmmaker Jodie Foster is 62.
- Olympic gold medal-winning sprinter Gail Devers is 58.
- Entrepreneur Jack Dorsey is 48.
- Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Kerri Strug is 47.
- Actor Reid Scott is 47.
- Film director Barry Jenkins (“Moonlight”) is 45.
- Actor Adam Driver is 41.
- NHL forward Patrick Kane is 36.