TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY IS MONDAY, NOV. 19, the 323rd day of 2018. There are 42 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY: On this date in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania.
In 1919, the Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles by a vote of 55 in favor, 39 against, 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 1990, the pop duo Milli Vanilli were stripped of their Grammy Award because other singers had lent their voices to the “Girl You Know It’s True” album.
In 1995, Polish President Lech Walesa was defeated in his bid for re-election.
In 1997, Iowa seamstress Bobbi McCaughey gave birth to the world’s first set of surviving septuplets, four boys and three girls. In 2004, in one of the worst brawls in U.S. sports history, Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson of the Indiana Pacers charged into the stands and fought with Detroit Pistons fans, forcing officials to end the Pacers’ 97-82 win with 45.9 seconds left.
In 2007, Amazon.com released its first Kindle e-book reader.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Talk show host Larry King is 85. Former General Electric chief executive Jack Welch is 83. Talk show host Dick Cavett is 82. Broadcasting and sports mogul Ted Turner is 80. Fashion designer Calvin Klein is 76. Sportscaster Ahmad Rashad is 69. Actor Robert Beltran is 65. Actress Kathleen Quinlan is 64. Actress Glynnis O’Connor is 63. Broadcast journalist Ann Curry and former NASA astronaut Eileen Collins are 62. Actress Allison Janney is 59. Rock musician Matt Sorum (Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver) is 58. Actress Meg Ryan is 57. Actress-director Jodie Foster is 56. Actress Terry Farrell is 55. TV chef Rocco DiSpirito, actor Jason Scott Lee and Olympic gold medal runner Gail Devers are 52. Actress Erika Alexander and rock musician Travis McNabb are 49. Actress Sandrine Holt is 46. Country singers Jason Albert (Heartland) and Billy Currington, and dancer-choreographer Savion Glover are 45. Country musician Chad Jeffers and rhythm-and-blues singer Tamika Scott (Xscape) are 43. Rhythm-andblues singer Lil’ Mo, Olympic gold medal gymnast Kerri Strug and actor Reid Scott are 41. Movie director Barry Jenkins (Film: “Moonlight”) and actress Katherine Kelly are 39.