Today is Thursday, November 19, the 323rd day of 2009. There are 42 days left in the year.
1493 _ Christopher Columbus discovers Puerto Rico, on his second voyage
1644 _ First Protestant ministry society in New England
1863 _ Lincoln delivers his address in Gettysburg; ``4 score and 7 years ..."
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
1963 _ Worst Canadian air disaster kills 118 in Montreal
1977 _ Egyptian President Anwar Sadat arrives in Israel
1985 _ U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for first time
1990 _ Iraq announces it will free all German hostages