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Mikhail S. Gorbachev

President Abraham Lincoln makes his Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery on the battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (AP Photo)

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.

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