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