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Today in History: November 19
Today in History: November 19: On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. In 1959, Ford Motor Company 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 1985, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev met for the first time as they began their summit in Geneva.
Today in History: October 7
Today in History: October 7: A day of violence. In 2001, the U.S. war in Afghanistan began when U.S. and British forces launched air attacks against Arab terrorists who had perpetrated the September 11 attacks on the U.S. In 1985 Palestinian gunmen hijacked the cruise ship Achille Lauro, attempting to take Jewish hostages to exchange for Palestinian prisoners. Last year, on October 7, Palestinian terrorist forces started a war against Israel when they invaded Israeli villages to brutally torture, maim, behead, shoot, and burn unarmed Israeli infants, children, and their parents, and abduct 252 residents of Israel to hold as hostages.