Today is Friday, Nov. 19, the 324th day of 2004. There are 42 days left in the year. On this date in

Today is Friday, Nov. 19, the 324th day of 2004. There are 42 days left in the year. On this date in 1863, President Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address as he dedicates a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania.
In 1794, the United States and Britain sign Jay's Treaty, which resolves some issues left over from the Revolutionary War. In 1831, the 20th president of the United States, James Garfield, is born in Orange, Ohio. In 1919, the Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles by a 55-39 vote, short of the two-thirds majority needed for ratification. In 1942, during World War II, Russian forces launch their winter offensive against the Germans along the Don front. In 1949, Monaco holds a coronation for its new ruler, Prince Rainier III, six months after he succeeds his grandfather, Prince Louis II. In 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean make man's second landing on the moon. In 1977, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to visit Israel. In 1984, nearly 500 people die in a firestorm set off by a series of explosions at a petroleum storage plant on the edge of Mexico City. In 1985, President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev meet for the first time as they begin their summit in Geneva. In 1997, Iowa seamstress Bobbi McCaughey gives birth to four boys and three girls -- only the second set of septuplets known to have been born alive.
November 19, 1979: Court appearances are scheduled for some of nearly 300 people arrested during a celebration of Ohio State's weekend football victory over Michigan.
The 19th Congressional District, which includes Mahoning County and much of Trumbull County, ranks as the third worst of Ohio's congressional districts in claiming defense dollars.
A state police vice detail arrests five New Castle men, including a bar owner and a school teacher, for alleged gambling activity, most of it tied to football bets.
November 19, 1964: The Youngstown Urban Renewal Department receives $622,000 from the federal government, most of which will be used to buy 40 parcels bounded by Lincoln and Fifth avenues, Arlington and Elm streets, Kennywood Court and Bryson Street in the Youngstown University area.
The purchase of the MacKenzie Muffler Co. Inc. of Youngstown by the Oldberg Division of the A.P. Muffler Co. is reported in Toledo.
Youngstown City Council acts on legislation to expedite the demolition of the old Pennsylvania Railroad freight building on Front Street, east of Hazel Street.
November 19, 1954: Dedication ceremonies to mark the completion of Hubbard's $300,000 sewage treatment plant are held at the plant on Mill Street, the first to be completed in the district that complies with the Ohio anti-pollution law.
Vice Admiral Thomas S. Combs, commander of the U.S. 6th Fleet, says it would be a "good assumption" that his powerful task force carries atomic weapons.
Bernard Bloch, head of the Mahoning Valley Distributing Agency, tells Youngstown city officials that "bootleg" comic book distributors are endangering the effectiveness of the new code of ethics of the Comics Association of America.
November 19, 1929: Four juvenile prisoners on the fourth floor at Mahoning County Jail nearly escape after breaking the lock on their cells and going to work on the iron bars on the window. The four had been accused of robberies and were being held before being transferred to the Mansfield Reformatory.
Meander Lake is becoming a reality as water begins to back up behind the new Mineral Ridge dam on Meander Creek. The water has reached a depth of 22 feet, almost half the eventual planned depth for the reservoir.
A bomb, believed to have been set by racketeers rips off the front porch of a pool room and confectionery store operated by Joseph Mariani at 18 N. Pearl Street.