SUNDAY IN HISTORY

Today is Sunday, Nov. 19, the 323rd day of 2017. There are 42 days left in the year.

Highlight in History:

On Nov. 19, 1997, Iowa seamstressBobbiMcCaughey gave birth to the world’s first set of surviving septuplets, four boys and three girls.

On this date:

In 1794, the United States and Britain signed Jay’s Treaty, which resolved some issues left over from the Revolutionary War.

In 1850, Alfred Tennyson was invested as Britain’s poet laureate.

In1863, PresidentAbraham Lincoln dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania.

In 1942, during World War II, Russian forces launched their winter offensive against the Germans along the Don front.

In 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean made the second mannedlandingonthemoon.

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 2002, in a moment that drewcriticism, singer Michael Jacksonbrieflyheldhisyoungest child, Prince Michael II (known as Blanket), over a fourth-floor balcony rail at a Berlin hotel in front of dozens of fanswaiting below. (Jackson said he’d made a “terrible mistake.”)

Ten years ago: The FBI reported that hate crime incidents had risen nearly 8 percent in 2006. Amazon.com released its first Kindle e-book reader.

Five years ago: President Barack Obama became the first U.S. chief executive to visit Myanmar, where he promised more American help if the Asian nation kept building its new democracy.

One year ago: The International Space Station gained three new residents, including NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who at 56 was the oldest and most experienced woman to orbit the world.

Today’s Birthdays: Talk show host Larry King is 84. Talk show host Dick Cavett is 81. Broadcasting and sports mogul Ted Turner is 79. Fashion designer Calvin Klein is 75. Former NASA astronaut Eileen Collins is 61. Actress Meg Ryan is 56. Actress-director Jodie Foster is55. TVchefRoccoDiSpirito is 51. Actor Jason Scott Lee is 51. Actor Adam Driver is 34. Actress Samantha Futerman is 30. Rapper Tyga is 28.

Thought for Today: “Make haste slowly.” — Caesar Augustus, Roman emperor (63 B.C.-A.D. 14).