History for November 19

History for November 19 - On-This-Day.com

Larry King 1933

• 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.
• 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.
• 1985 - U.S. President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev met for the first time as they began their summit in Geneva.
• 1993 - The U.S. Senate approved a sweeping $22.3 billion anti-crime measure.
• 1994 - The U.N. Security Council authorized NATO to bomb rebel Serb forces striking from neighboring Croatia.