On this day, Nov. 19
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.
1942 During World War II, Russian forces launched their winter offensive against the Germans along the Don front.
1959 Ford Motor Co. announced it was halting production of the unpopular Edsel.
1969 Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean made the second manned landing on the moon.
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. 2007 In Pakistan, a Supreme Court handpicked by President Gen. Pervez Musharraf dismissed legal challenges to his continued rule.
2010 President Barack Obama, attending a NATO summit in Lisbon, Portugal, won an agreement to build a missile shield over Europe, a victory that risked further aggravating Russia.
2012 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.
2017 Charles Manson, the hippie cult leader behind the gruesome murders of actress Sharon Tate and six others in Los Angeles in 1969, died in a California hospital at the age of 83 after nearly a halfcentury in prison.
Today’s birthdays: Talk show host Dick Cavett, 86. Broadcasting and sports mogul Ted Turner, 84. Former Sen. Tom Harkin, DIowa, 83. Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson, 81.
Fashion designer Calvin Klein, 80. Sportscaster Ahmad Rashad, 73. Actor Robert Beltran, 69. Actor Kathleen Quinlan, 68. Actor Glynnis O’Connor, 67. Broadcast journalist Ann Curry, 66. Former NASA astronaut Eileen Collins, 66. Actor Allison Janney, 63. Rock musician Matt Sorum (Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver), 62. Actor Meg Ryan, 61. Actor-director Jodie Foster, 60. Actor Terry Farrell, 59. TV chef Rocco DiSpirito, 56. Actor Jason Scott Lee, 56. Olympic gold medal runner Gail Devers, 56. Actor Erika Alexander, 53. Rock musician Travis McNabb, 53. Singer Tony Rich, 51. Actor Sandrine Holt, 50. Country singer Billy Currington, 49. Dancer-choreographer Savion Glover, 49. R&B singer Tamika Scott (Xscape), 47. R&B singer Lil’ Mo, 45. Olympic gold medal gymnast Kerri Strug, 45. Actor Reid Scott, 45. Movie director Barry Jenkins (Film: “Moonlight”), 43. Actor Katherine Kelly, 43. Actor Adam Driver, 39. Country singer Cam, 38. Actor Samantha Futerman, 35. NHL forward Patrick Kane, 34. Rapper Tyga, 33.