19 November: Charles I Born (In Scotland); Gettysburg Address; End Of The Edsel; More Men On Moon; "Wilbur" Is 90; Artest, et al., Rumble At Palace; Beefeaters Become Byrds

Today is Thursday, Nov. 19, the 323rd day of 2009. There are 42 days left in the year. The Moonanac. Today's Highlight in History:
On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania.
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Above: President Abraham Lincoln (circled) at the dedication of Soldiers National Cemetery on the battlefield at Gettysburg, Pa., on Nov. 19, 1863. Bottom: A longer view of the scene. The photo at top is an enlargement of the marked-off rectangular area. This is believed to be the only photograph of Lincoln at the dedication where he gave his famous Gettysburg Address. Taken by Civil War photographer Matthew Brady, it was discovered in 1953 in the National Archives in Washington, D.C., where it had gone unnoticed. It is believed to show Lincoln seated on the platform just after his arrival, some three hours before he gave his speech. (AP Photo)
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On this date:
In 1600, King Charles I of England was born in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.
In 1794, the United States and Britain signed Jay's Treaty, which resolved some issues left over from the Revolutionary War.
In 1831, the 20th president of the United States, James Garfield, was born in Orange Township, Ohio.
In 1917, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was born in Allahabad.
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 1939, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt laid the cornerstone for his presidential library at Hyde Park, N.Y.
In 1942, Russian forces launched their winter offensive against the Germans along the Don front.
In 1954, the first automatic toll collection machine went into service at the Union Toll Plaza on New Jersey's Garden State Parkway.
Fifty years ago, in 1959, Ford Motor Co. announced it was halting production of the unpopular Edsel.
Forty years ago, in 1969, Apollo XII astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean made the second manned landing on the moon.
In 1977, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to visit Israel.
Twenty-five years ago, in 1984, some 500 people died in a firestorm set off by a series of explosions at a petroleum storage plant on the edge of Mexico City.
In 1985, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev met for the first time as they began their summit in Geneva.

In 1986, at the beginning of what became the Iran-Contra scandal, U.S. President Ronald Reagan said the United States would send no more arms to Iran.
In 1990, NATO and the Warsaw Pact nations signed a massive conventional arms treaty in Paris to end the 40-year Cold War.
In 1998, independent Counsel Kenneth Starr laid out his evidence against President Bill Clinton during a daylong appearance before the House Judiciary Committee.
In 1999, hundreds of anti-American protesters battled riot police and set stores and banks ablaze as President Bill Clinton rode through Athens in a tight security cocoon and proclaimed a "profound and enduring friendship" with Greece. World leaders at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Turkey signed a treaty cutting the number of non-nuclear weapons systems across Europe.
In 2001, President George W. Bush signed legislation to put airport baggage screeners on the federal payroll. Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants became the first baseball player to win four Most Valuable Player awards.
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. (Artest was suspended for the rest of the season and Jackson for 30 games. A fan was sentenced to 30 days in jail for assaulting Artest.)
In 2005, Prince Albert II formally became ruler of Monaco when he assumed the throne of his late father Prince Rainier.
In 2008, al-Qaida's No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahri, slurred Barack Obama as a black American who does the bidding of whites in a new Web message intended to dent the president-elect's popularity among Arabs and Muslims. The Dow industrial average closed under 8,000 at 7,997.28 — the lowest close since March 2003.
Today's Birthdays: Actor Alan Young is 90.

Talk show host Larry King is 76. Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch is 74. Talk show host Dick Cavett is 73. Broadcasting and sports mogul Ted Turner is 71. Singer Pete Moore (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles) is 70. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, is 70. TV journalist Garrick Utley is 70. Actor Dan Haggerty is 68. Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson is 68. Fashion designer Calvin Klein is 67. Sportscaster Ahmad Rashad is 60. Actor Robert Beltran is 56. Actress Kathleen Quinlan is 55. Actress Glynnis O'Connor is 54. Newscaster Ann Curry is 53. Former NASA astronaut Eileen Collins is 53. Actress Allison Janney is 50. Rock musician Matt Sorum (Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver) is 49. Actress Meg Ryan is 48. Actress-director Jodie Foster is 47. Actress Terry Farrell is 46. TV chef Rocco DiSpirito is 43. Actor Jason Scott Lee is 43. Olympic gold medal runner Gail Devers is 43. Actress Erika Alexander is 40. Rock musician Travis McNabb is 40. Singer Tony Rich is 38. Country singer Jason Albert (Heartland) is 36. Country singer Billy Currington is 36. Dancer-choreographer Savion Glover is 36. Country musician Chad Jeffers is 34. Rhythm-and-blues singer Tamika Scott (Xscape) is 34. Rhythm-and-blues singer Lil' Mo is 32. Olympic gold medal gymnast Kerri Strug is 32. Actor Reid Scott is 32.
Today In Entertainment History November 19
In 1964, The Beefeaters changed their name to The Byrds.
In 1968, Diana Ross interrupted a set by The Supremes at the Royal Command Variety Performance in London to make a plea for racial harmony. The audience applauded for two minutes.
In 1970, James Brown married Dierdre Jenkins at her home in South Carolina.
Thirty years ago, in 1979, Chuck Berry was released from a prison farm in California after serving two months for tax evasion in 1973.
In 1990, pop duo Milli Vanilli were stripped of their Grammy because other singers had lent their voices to the "Girl You Know It's True" album.
In 1993, Nirvana taped an all-acoustic show in New York for "MTV Unplugged." It aired a month later.
In 2001, Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland was arrested in Las Vegas for domestic battery after getting into a fight with his wife. He later pleaded guilty and was ordered to undergo counseling.
In 2002, Michael Jackson dangled his baby son over a fourth-floor balcony at a hotel in Berlin for fans waiting outside.
In 2005, Gary Glitter was arrested while trying to board a flight from Vietnam to Thailand. He was later convicted of child molestation. Also in 2005, Christina Aguilera married music executive Jordan Bratman in California's Napa Valley, & KISS frontman Paul Stanley married Erin Sutton in Pasadena, California.
In 2008, drama and dance critic Clive Barnes died in New York at age 81.
Thought for Today:"You simply cannot hang a millionaire in America." — Bourke Cockran, American politician and orator (1854-1923).