History for November 19

History for November 19 - On-This-Day.com
James Garfield (U.S.) 1831, Tommy Dorsey 1905, Indira Gandhi 1917 


Larry King 1933, Dick Cavett 1936, Ted Turner 1938 


Calvin Klein 1942, Meg Ryan 1961, Kerri Strug 1977 



1794 - Britain's King George III signed the Jay Treaty. It resolved the issues left over from the Revolutionary War. 


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. 


1895 - The "paper pencil" was patented by Frederick E. Blaisdell. 



1928 - "Time" magazine presented its cover in color for the first time. The subject was Japanese Emperor Hirohito. 


1959 - Ford Motor Co. announced it was ending the production of the unpopular Edsel. 


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. 


1998 - The impeachment inquiry of U.S. President Clinton began. 


2007 - The Amazon Kindle was first released.