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On This Day

November 19

1969
Second and third men to walk on the Moon: U.S. astronauts Charles Conrad, Jr. and Alan Bean.

1959
Edsel: The automobile is discontinued by Ford. With fewer than 100,000 sold since its 1957 introduction, it is one of the most famous examples of bureaucratic failures in U.S. industry.

1959
Rocky and His Friends debuts on ABC. His "friends" included Boris Badenov, Natasha Fatale and of course Bullwinkle the Moose.

1956
Edsel: Ford announces the name of its upcoming radical new automobile.

1893
First color newspaper supplement, in the New York World.

1863
Gettysburg Address: Pres. Lincoln delivers his famous speech.

1794
First U.S. extradition treaty with a foreign country: The Jay Treaty is signed with Great Britain. It was proclaimed law in 1796.

1962
Jodie Foster (Alicia Christian Foster), American actress. Film: Taxi Driver (1976), The Little Girl Who Lived Down the Lane (1977), and The Silence of the Lambs (1991). When she was three, she posed bare bottomed for a Coppertone suntan lotion advertisement.

1942
Calvin Richard Klein, American fashion designer.

1941
Dan Haggerty, American actor. TV: The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (title role).

1938
Ted Turner (Robert Edward Turner III), American media mogul, founder of Turner Broadcasting, Cable News Network (CNN), and owner of the Atlanta Braves and Hawks.

1936
Dick Cavett, American talk show host.

1934
David Guard, American folk singer, with the Kingston Trio.

1933
Larry King, American talk-show host for CNN.

1921     d. 1993
Roy Campanella, American baseball Hall of Famer, National League MVP (1951, 1953, and 1955).

1917     d. 1984
Indira Nehru Gandhi, prime minister of India (1966-77, 1980-84), she was killed by two of her own bodyguards.

1905     d. 1956
Tommy Dorsey, American bandleader of the Big Band Era, brother of Jimmy.

1902     d. 1978
Trevor Bardette, American actor. TV: The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (Old Man Clanton).

1831     d. 1881
James A. Garfield, 20th U.S. President (Mar. 4 - Sept. 19, 1881), assassinated by Charles J. Guiteau.

1752     d. 1818
George Rogers Clark, military leader of the American Revolution.

1600     d. 1649
Charles I, King of England (1625-49). He was convicted of treason by Parliament and beheaded.

1988     b. 1950
Christina Onassis, Greek shipping executive, daughter of Aristotle Onassis.

1975     b. 1912
Elizabeth Taylor, British novelist. Quote: People with no vices usually have annoying virtues. (source: Fifth 637 Best Things Anybody Ever Said)

1967     b. 1884
Casimir Funk, Polish-born American chemist. He discovered vitamins (1912) and coined the word "vitamin."

1887     b. 1849
Emma Lazarus, American poet who wrote the poem that appears on the Statue of Liberty.

1850     b. 1780
Richard Mentor Johnson, 9th U.S. Vice-President (1837-41).

1828     b. 1797
Franz Peter Schubert, Austrian composer.

498     b. ????
Anastasius II, Italian religious leader, 50th Pope (496-498).

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