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| November 19th |
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| About November 19th is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 42 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Births 1752 - George Rogers Clark, American Revolutionary War soldier 1831 - James A. Garfield, 20th U.S. President 1921 - Roy Campanella, Hall of Fame baseball catcher 1926 - Jeane Kirkpatrick, American ambassador 1933 - Larry King, television and radio host 1939 - Tom Harkin, U.S. Senator (Iowa) 1961 - Meg Ryan, actress (When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle) Deaths 1850 - Richard Mentor Johnson, 9th U.S. Vice President 1948 - Robert Dean Frisbie, travel writer 1976 - Wayne Millner, Hall of Fame receiver 2007 - Jim Ringo, Hall of Fame football center Events 1863 - President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address. 1969 - Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean make the second U.S. landing on the moon. 1969 - Brazilian soccer great Pelé scores his 1,000th professional goal in a game in Rio de Janeiro. 1985 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan & Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time in Geneva, Switzerland. 1990 - Pop group Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award after being exposed for using session musicians for the vocal tracks to their songs. 1998 - The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings against President Bill Clinton. 1998 - Portrait of the Artist Without Beard, a painting by Vincent van Gogh, auctions for $71.5 million. |
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