Today is Wednesday, Nov. 19, the 323rd day of 2014. There are 42 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln paid tribute to the fallen from
the Battle of Gettysburg as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in
Pennsylvania.
On this date:
In 1794, the United States and Britain signed Jay’s Treaty, which resolved some issues left over from the
Revolutionary War.
In 1919, the Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles by a vote of 55 in favor, 39 against, short of the
two-thirds majority needed for ratification.
In 1942, during World War II, Russian forces launched their winter offensive against the Germans along
the Don front.
In 1959, Ford Motor Co. announced it was halting production of the unpopular Edsel.
In 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean made the second manned landing on the moon.

In 1977, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to visit Israel.
In 1984, some 500 people died in a firestorm set off by a series of explosions at a petroleum storage
plant on the edge of Mexico City.
In 1985, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev met for the first time as they
began their summit in Geneva.
In 1997, Iowa seamstress Bobbi McCaughey gave birth to septuplets, four boys and three girls. The space
shuttle Columbia zoomed into orbit on a two-week science mission.
Ten years ago: A notorious NBA brawl that came to be known as the "Malice at the Palace"
erupted as Ron Artest and Stephen Jackson of the Indiana Pacers charged into the stands and fought with
Detroit Pistons fans, forcing officials to end the Pacers’ 97-82 win with 45.9 seconds left. (Artest was
suspended for the rest of the season, Jackson for 30 games. Fellow Pacer Jermaine O’Neal, who also was
involved, was suspended for 15 games and six other players on both teams received suspensions of at
least one game.)