Daily Calendar for Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Born
- George Rogers Clark (military leader) β
- James Garfield (20th U.S. president) β
- Tommy Dorsey (musician) β
- Roy Campanella (baseball player) β
- Larry King (radio & television personality) β
- Dick Cavett (talk show host) β
- Ted Turner (businessman) β
- Calvin Klein (fashion designer) β
- Eileen Collins (astronaut) β
- Meg Ryan (actress) β
- Jodie Foster (actress) β
Died
- Franz Schubert (composer) β
- Emma Lazarus (poet) β
- Sir Basil Spence (architect) β
- Mike Nichols (director) β
- Ron Hynes (Canadian singer-songwriter) β
- Della Reese (singer and actress) β
- Larry Korn (agricultural educator and author) β
- Rosalynn Smith Carter (U.S. First Lady) β
Events
- Christopher Columbus first sighted what is now Puerto Ricoβ
- Jay’s Treaty between the U.S. and Great Britain signedβ
- President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Addressβ
- Hudson Bay Co. ceded territory to Canadaβ
- Boss Tweed sentenced to 12 years in prison, New York Cityβ
- Frederick Blaisdell was granted a patent for a paper-wrapped pencilβ
- Five-year old TIME magazine presented a cover portrait for the first timeβ
- Leonard Bernstein appointed Music Director of the New York Philharmonicβ
- Ford Motor Co. discontinued the Edselβ
- Pele, Brazilian soccer star, scores his 1000th goal, at Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janiero.β
- John Carpenter became the first contestant to win $1,000,000 on the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaireβ
- David L. Pickens granted patent for registered pedigree βstuffed animalsββ
Weather
- Up to 18 inches of snow fell on the Great Plains of Colorado, with 5-foot drifts in suburban Denverβ
- Seventy-nine degrees F, Denver, Coloradoβ
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