TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is Friday, Nov. 19, 2021.

Today’s highlight

On Nov. 19, 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean made the second manned landing on the moon.

On this date

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

In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Gettysburg battlefield in Pennsylvania.

In 1959, Ford Motor Co. announced it was halting production of the unpopular Edsel.

In 1985, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev met for the first time as they began their summit in Geneva.

In 1997, Iowa seamstress Bobbi McCaughey gave birth to the world’s first set of

surviving septuplets.

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 2017, Charles Manson died in a Bakersfield hospital at age 83 after nearly a halfcentury in prison.

Today’s birthdays

TV host Dick Cavett is 85. Broadcasting mogul Ted Turner is 83. Designer Calvin Klein is 79. Sportscaster Ahmad Rashad is 72. Actor Kathleen Quinlan is 67. Actor Glynnis O’Connor is 66. Former astronaut Eileen Collins is 65. Actor Allison Janney is 62. Actor Meg Ryan is 60. Actor Jodie Foster is 59. TV chef Rocco DiSpirito is 55. Runner Gail Devers is 55. Actor Erika Alexander is 52. Dancer Savion Glover is 48. Gymnast Kerri Strug is 44. Director Barry Jenkins (“Moonlight”) is 42. Actor Adam Driver is 38. Rapper Tyga is 32.