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Historical Events on November 19

  • Montreal

    1847

    The second Canadian railway line, the Montreal and Lachine Railway, is opened.

  • American Civil War

    1863

    American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

  • World War II

    1941

    World War II: Battle between HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran. The two ships sink each other off the coast of Western Australia, with the loss of 645 Australians and about 77 German seamen.

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

    1944

    World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling US$14 billion in war bonds to help pay for the war effort.

  • Afghanistan

    1946

    Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations.

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower

    1950

    US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes Supreme Commander of NATO-Europe.

  • Ford Motor Company

    1959

    The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.

  • Cold War

    1985

    Cold War: In Geneva, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time.

  • Serbia

    1988

    Serbian communist representative and future Serbian and Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević publicly declares that Serbia is under attack from Albanian separatists in Kosovo as well as internal treachery within Yugoslavia and a foreign conspiracy to destroy Serbia and Yugoslavia.

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