Today In History
Today is Friday, Nov. 19, the 323rd day of 2021. There are 42 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1969: Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean made the second manned landing on the moon.
ON THIS DATE
› 1794: The United States and Britain signed Jay’s Treaty, which resolved some issues left over from the Revolutionary War.
› 1863: President Abraham Lincoln dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania.
› 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.
› 1959: Ford Motor Co. announced it was halting production of the unpopular Edsel.
› 1977: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to visit Israel.
› 1985: President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev met for the first time as they began their summit in Geneva.
› 1997: Iowa seamstress Bobbi McCaughey gave birth to the world’s first set of surviving septuplets, four boys and three girls.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Talk show host Dick Cavett is 85. Broadcasting and sports mogul Ted Turner is 83. Former Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, is 82. Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson is 80. Fashion designer Calvin Klein is
79. Sportscaster Ahmad Rashad is 72. Actor Robert Beltran is 68. Actor Kathleen Quinlan is 67. Actor Glynnis O’Connor is 66. Broadcast journalist Ann Curry is 65. Rock musician Matt Sorum (Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver) is 61. Actor Meg Ryan is 60. Actor-director Jodie Foster is 59. Actor Terry Farrell is 58. TV chef Rocco DiSpirito is 55. Actor Jason Scott Lee is 55. Olympic gold medal runner Gail Devers is 55. Actor Sandrine Holt is 49. Country singer Billy Currington is 48. Dancer-choreographer Savion Glover is 48. R&B singer Tamika Scott (Xscape) is
46. R&B singer Lil’ Mo is
44. Olympic gold medal gymnast Kerri Strug is
44. Actor Reid Scott is 44. Movie director Barry Jenkins (Film: “Moonlight”) is 42. Country singer Cam is 37. Actor Samantha Futerman is 34. NHL forward Patrick Kane is 33. Rapper Tyga is 32.