MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Today is Monday, November 19, the 324

th

day of 2012. There are 42 days left in the year.

1493 ― Christopher Columbus discovers Puerto Rico, on his second voyage

1863 ― Lincoln delivers his address in Gettysburg; "Four score & seven years..."

1906 ― London selected to host 1908 Olympics

1919 ― U.S. Senate rejects (55-39) Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations

1942 ― Russia launches winter offensive against Germans along the Don front

1947 ― 200-inch mirror arrives at Mt. Palomar

1969 ― Apollo 12's Conrad and Bean become third and fourth humans on the Moon

1985 ― President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for first time

1990 ― Greyhound files reorganization plan so they can be traded publicly

1990 ― Iraq announces it will free all German hostages