Thursday, Nov 19

Good morning!!!

Today we will continue to study the War of 1812 and the beginning of the first Industrial Revolution.

This is the 152nd anniversary of the Gettysburg Address - this is a copy of one of the draft's in Lincoln's own handwriting. For more on the Address, click on the link under Today in History. The entire speech was only 2 minutes!!!!

Today in History

1703

A masked man held prisoner in the Bastille in Paris died. His true identity was the cause of much intrigue, and his story became the basis of literary works by François Voltaire and Alexandre Dumas.

1794

John Jay and Lord Grenville signed Jay's Treaty.

1863

Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the national cemetery on the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg, Pa. Lincoln at Gettysburg

1977

Egyptian president Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to visit Israel.

1985

Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet for 1st time at Geneva 

1990

Milli Vanilli's Grammy award was rescinded after it was discovered they didn't do their own singing. Here's one of the songs that they didn't sing - Girl you know its true