Today is Monday, November 19, the 323rd day of 2007. There are 42 days left in the year.
461 _ St. Hilary begins his reign as Catholic pope
1493 _ Christopher Columbus discovers Puerto Rico on his second voyage
1863 _ Lincoln delivers his address in Gettysburg
1919 _ The U.S. Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations
1942 _ Russia launches winter offensive against Germans along the Don front
1963 _ Worst Canadian air disaster kills 118 in Montreal
1970 _ The Golden Gate Park Conservatory becomes a Californian state historical landmark
1977 _ Egyptian President Anwar Sadat arrives in Israel
1985 _ U.S. President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time
1990 _ Iraq announces it will free all German hostages
1994 _ First National Lottery draw in England