11-19-2005, 08:15 AM
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November 19th
1493 ~ Christopher Columbus became the first European to go ashore on what would become Puerto Rico.
1805 ~ Birthday of Ferdinand de Lesseps, Suez Canal engineer.
1828 ~ Death of Franz Schubert, Austrian Composer.
1863 ~ U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
1884 ~ Birthday of José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban Chess Grand Master.
1917 ~ Birthday of Indira Gandhi, prime minister of India.
1941 ~ World War II: The Royal Australian Navy cruiser HMAS Sydney and the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran sank each other off the coast of Western Australia.
1977 ~ Egyptian President Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel and spoke before the Knesset in Jerusalem, seeking a permanent peace settlement.
1990 ~ Milli Vanilli was stripped of their Grammy Award because the duo did not sing at all on the “Girl You Know It’s True” album. Session musicians had provided all the vocals.
1998 ~ Lewinsky scandal: The U.S. House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee began impeachment hearings against US President Bill Clinton.
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