November 19 1794 - Britains King George III signed the Jay Treaty. It resolved the issues left over from the Revolutionary War. 1850 - The first life insurance policy for a woman was issued. Carolyn Ingraham, 36 years old, bought the policy in Madison, NJ. 1863 - U.S. President Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania. 1893 - The first newspaper color supplement was published in the Sunday New York World. 1895 - The paper pencil was patented by Frederick E. Blaisdell. 1919 - The U.S. Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles with a vote of 55 in favor to 39 against. A two-thirds majority was needed for ratification. 1928 - Time magazine presented its cover in color for the first time. The subject was Japanese Emperor Hirohito. 1942 - During World War II, Russian forces launched their winter offensive against the Germans along the Don front. 1954 - Two automatic toll collectors were placed in service on the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey. 1959 - Ford Motor Co. announced it was ending the production of the unpopular Edsel. 1966 - Sandy Koufax (Los Angeles Dodgers) announced his retirement from major league baseball. 1969 - Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean made mans second landing on the moon. 1970 - Hafiz al-Assad seized power in Syria. 1977 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to set foot in Israel on an official visit. 1979 - Nolan Ryan (Houston Astros) signed a four-year contract for $4.5 million. At the time, Ryan was the highest paid player in major league baseball. 1981 - U.S. Steel agreed to pay $6.3 million for Marathon Oil. 1984 - Dwight Gooden, 20-year-old, of the New York Mets, became the youngest major-league pitcher to be named Rookie of the Year in the National League. (MLB) 1985 - U.S. President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev met for the first time as they began their summit in Geneva. 1990 - NATO and the Warsaw Pact signed a treaty of nonaggression. 1993 - The U.S. Senate approved a sweeping $22.3 billion anti-crime measure. 1994 - The U.N. Security Council authorized NATO to bomb rebel Serb forces striking from neighboring Croatia. 1997 - In Carlisle, IA, septuplets were born to Bobbi McCaughey. It was only the second known case where all seven were born alive. 1998 - The impeachment inquiry of U.S. President Clinton began. 1998 - Vincent van Goghs Portrait of the Artist Without Beard sold at auction for more than $71 million. 1998 - Michelle Lee received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1999 - In Istanbul, Turkey, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) concluded a two-day summit after adopting a new arms accord. During the conference, Russia was criticized for its military campaign against Chechnyas separatist movement. 2001 - U.S. President George W. Bush signed the most comprehensive air security bill in U.S. history. 2002 - The oil tanker Prestige broke into two pieces and sank off northwest Spain. The tanker lost about 2 million gallons of fuel oil when it ruptured November 13th and was towed about 150 miles out to sea. 2002 - The U.S. government completed its takeover of security at 424 airports nationwide. 2003 - Eight competing designs for a memorial to the victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center were unveiled. One design would be built at the site of the World Trade Center. Music History 1859 - Composer Mikhail Mihaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov was born. 1954 - Sammy Davis, Jr. was involved in a serious auto accident in San Bernardino, CA. Three days later, Davis lost the ability see with his left eye. 1968 - The Supremes performed at a Royal Variety Show with Queen Elizabeth in attendance. 1970 - James Brown and Deidre Yvonne Jenkins were married. 1971 - B.B. King marked his 25th anniversary in music by opening a European tour in London. 1990 - Milli Vanilli was stripped of their Grammy Award because other singers had lent their voices to the Girl You Know Its True album. 1992 - The musical revival of 3 From Brooklyn opened. 1993 - Nirvana recorded an MTV unplugged concert in New York. 1995 - Bruce Springsteens thirteenth album, The Ghost of Tom Joad, was released. 1996 - Prince released the 3 CD set Emancipation. The release was on his record label NPG Records. 1996 - DJ Shadows debut album Endtroducing..... was released by Mo Wax Records. It was later reissued on June 7, 2005 by Island Records. 1997 - The U.S. premiere of Sir Paul McCartneys Standing Stone was played in Carnegie Hall by St. Lukes Orchestra. 1998 - Motley Crues retail store, SCrue, opened in Los Angeles, CA. Birthdays James Garfield (U.S.) 1831 Tommy Dorsey 1905 Indira Gandhi 1917 Alan Young 1919 Larry King 1933 Dick Cavett 1936 Ted Turner 1938 Garrick Utley 1939 Pete Moore (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles) 1939 Dan Haggerty 1941 Calvin Klein 1942 Ahmad Rashad (Bobby Moore) 1949 Robert Beltran 1953 Kathleen Quinlan 1954 Glynnis OConnor 1955 Ann Curry 1956 Scott Jacoby 1956 Allison Janney 1960 Matt Sorum (The Cult, Guns N Roses) 1960 Meg Ryan 1961 Jodie Foster 1962 Terry Farrell 1963 Gail Devers 1966 Jason Scott Lee 1966 Travis McNabb (Better Than Ezra) 1969 Tony Rich 1971 Savion Glover 1973 Tamika Scott (Xscape) 1975 Kerri Strug 1977 Today in Crime History 1979 - Chuck Berry was released from Lompoc Prison, CA, after serving a sentence for income tax evasion. 2001 - Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots) was arrested for fighting with his wife at a Hard Rock hotel. Today in Disaster History 1977 - In Funchal, Island of Madeira, Portugal, 131 people died when a TAP Air Portugal flight landed 1,000 feet past the aiming point of the runway in heavy rain. The flight overran the runway and plunged off a cliff during its third landing attempt. 1984 - Almost 500 people died in a firestorm after a series of explosions at a Mexico City petroleum storage plant. 1999 - In Andhra Pradesh, India, a cyclone and tidal wave killed about 20,000 people. 1999 - Floods and mudslides killed thousands in Venezuela. 2002 - Off the coast of northern Spain, the oil tanker Prestige broke apart and sank spilling about 4 million gallons of oil. Today in Sports History 1966 - Sandy Koufax (Los Angeles Dodgers) announced his retirement from major league baseball. 1979 - Nolan Ryan (Houston Astros) signed a four-year contract for $4.5 million. At the time, Ryan was the highest paid player in major league baseball. 1984 - Dwight Gooden (New York Mets), at 20 years old, became the youngest major league pitcher to be named Rookie of the Year in the National League. 1995 - Patrick Ewing (New York Knicks) became the 23rd NBA player to pass the 20,000 point mark. 1996 - Albert Belle signed a contract with the White Sox for a record $55 million. He was the first player to surpass the $10 million per year mark. 1999 - Evel Knievel and Krystal Kennedy were married. 2001 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) became the first baseball player to win four Most Valuable Player Awards. 2004 - During a Detroit Pistons and Indian Pacers game a fight broke out involving fans and players. Several players were suspended and all involved were later charged with assault and battery. ~ this information is from the site on-this-day/
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