Today in History: November 19, Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 19, the 324th time of 2024. There are 42 days near successful the year.

Today successful history:

On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address astatine the dedication of a nationalist cemetery astatine the tract of the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg successful Pennsylvania.

Also connected this date:

In 1959, Ford Motor Co. announced it was halting accumulation of the unpopular Edsel.

In 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean made the 2nd crewed landing connected the moon.

In 1977, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat became the archetypal Arab person to sojourn Israel.

In 1985, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet person Mikhail S. Gorbachev met for the archetypal clip arsenic they began their acme successful Geneva.

In 1999, Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr testified earlier the House Judiciary Committee during impeachment hearings against President Bill Clinton.

In 2004, successful 1 of the worst brawls successful U.S. sports history, Ron Artest (now known arsenic Metta Sandiford-Artest) and Stephen Jackson of the Indiana Pacers charged into the stands and fought with Detroit Pistons fans aft a instrumentality threw a portion astatine Artest, forcing officials to extremity the Pacers’ 97-82 triumph with 45.9 seconds left.

In 2017, Charles Manson, the cult person down the murders of histrion Sharon Tate and six others successful Los Angeles successful 1969, died successful a California infirmary astatine the property of 83 aft astir a half-century successful prison.

In 2022, 5 radical were killed and 25 injured erstwhile a shooter opened occurrence astatine an LGBTQ+ nightclub successful Colorado Springs, Colo.

Today’s Birthdays:

• Talk amusement big Dick Cavett is 88.
• Media mogul and philanthropist Ted Turner is 86.
• Fashion decorator Calvin Klein is 82.
• Poet Sharon Olds is 82.
• Sportscaster and erstwhile NFL wide receiver Ahmad Rashad is 75.
• Broadcast writer 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 golden medal-winning sprinter Gail Devers is 58.
• Entrepreneur Jack Dorsey is 48.
• Olympic golden medal-winning gymnast Kerri Strug is 47.
• Actor Reid Scott is 47.
• Film manager Barry Jenkins (“Moonlight”) is 45.
• Actor Adam Driver is 41.
• NHL guardant Patrick Kane is 36.