NOVEMBER 19
1863: President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address in Gettysburg, Pa., memorializing the soldiers who had fallen there four months earlier and in Civil War battles elsewhere. Lasting only 272 words, the address is still one of the most famous speeches in American history.
1969: Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. and Alan Bean step onto the lunar surface known as the Ocean of Storms.
1895:First US patent for a pencil issued to Fredrick Blaisdell
1977: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is the first modern Arab leader to pay an official visit to the state of Israel. Although Sadat is warmly welcomed in Israel, where he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and speaks before the Knesset, his peacemaking trip is widely criticized in the Arab world.
1994:The first National Lottery draw is held in the United Kingdom.
1959:Ford Motor Company discontinues Edsel
2007:Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon.com, announces the launch of the Kindle - a portable e-reader that is extremely thin and easy to use.
1493:Columbus goes ashore on an island and names it San Juan Bautista (Puerto Rico).
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