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Today in History: November 19

1274
Mongol army lands at Hakata Bay in Japan during their first invasion attempt and are defeated; a typhoon destroys most of their fleet as they withdraw

1620
The Pilgrims sight Cape Cod.

1861
Julia Ward Howe writes "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" while visiting Union troops near Washington.

1863
Lincoln delivers the "Gettysburg Address" at the dedication of the National Cemetery at the site of the Battle of Gettysburg.

1969
Apollo 12 touches down on the moon.

1973
New York stock market takes sharpest drop in 19 years.

1976
Patty Hearst is released from prison on $1.5 million bail.

1981
U.S. Steel agrees to pay $6.3 million for Marathon Oil.

1985
In the largest civil verdict in US history, Pennzoil wins $10.53 billion judgement against Texaco.

1985
US President Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, meet for the first time.

1990
Pop duo Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award after it is learned they did not sing on their award-winning Girl You Know Its True album.

1998
US House of Representatives begins impeachment hearings against President Bill Clinton.

2021
Austria becomes the first country to make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory (from 1 Feb) as it announces its fourth lockdown

2021
US jury clears Kyle Rittenhouse (18) of murder for fatally shooting two people and injuring a third during racial justice protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin

2023
Brazil records its highest-ever temperature - 44.8C (112.6F) in Araçuaí, Minas Gerais state

Today in History: Born on November 19
1936
Dick Cavett, host of TV talk shows The Tonight Show and The Dick Cavett Show.

1942
Calvin Klein, fashion designer; founder of Calvin Klein, Inc..

1962
Jodie Foster, actress, director, producer; came to fame at age 13 in the 1976 film Taxi Driver; won Academy Award for Best Actress (1989) for The Accused.

1982
- IT_Dawg

JOTD
A farmer stopped by the local mechanics shop...

to have his truck fixed. They couldn’t do it while he waited, so he said he didn’t live far and would just walk home.
On the way home he stopped at the hardware Store and bought a bucket and a gallon of paint. He then stopped by the feed store and picked up a couple of chickens and a goose. However, struggling outside the store he now had a problem – how to carry his entire purchases home.
While he was scratching his head he was approached by a little old lady who told him she was lost. She asked, ‘Can you tell me how to get to 1603 Mockingbird Lane ?’ The farmer said, ‘Well, as a matter of fact, my farm is very close to that house I would walk you there but I can’t carry this lot.’ The old lady suggested, ‘Why don’t you put the can of paint in the bucket. Carry the bucket in one hand, put a chicken under each arm and carry the goose in your other hand?’ ‘Why thank you very much,’ he said and proceeded to walk the old girl home.
On the way he says ‘Let’s take my short cut and go down this alley. We’ll be there in no time..
‘ The little old lady looked him over cautiously then said, ‘I am a lonely widow without a husband to defend me.. How do I know that when we get in the alley you won’t hold me up against the wall, pull up my skirt, and have your way with me?’
The farmer said, ‘Holy smokes lady! I’m carrying a bucket, a gallon of paint, two chickens, and a goose. How in the world could I possibly hold you up against the wall and do that?’
The old lady replied, ‘Set the goose down, cover him with the bucket, put the paint on top of the bucket, and I’ll hold the chickens.