This Day In America November 19

by Admin on November 19, 2007

  • On Today’s date in 1863, President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania.
  • On Today’s date in 1959, Ford Motor Co. announced it was halting production of the unpopular Edsel.
  • On Today’s date in 2002, the Senate voted 90-9 to approve creation of the Department of Homeland Security.
  • On Today’s date in 2002, 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. He also looks a little different than he did in the 1980’s.
  • Today Talk show host Larry King is 74.
  • Today Broadcasting and sports mogul Ted Turner is 69.
  • Today Fashion designer Calvin Klein is 65.
  • Today Sportscaster Ahmad Rashad is 58. In 1972, he converted to Islam and changed his name from Bobby Moore.
  • Today Actress Meg Ryan is 46.
  • Today Actress-director Jodie Foster is 45.


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