TIM MAGUIRE

President Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield
in Pennsylvania on this day in 1863.

Only true known photo of Lincoln delivering Gettysburg address in
1863. Lincoln is center (red arrow).
(National Archives and Records Administration)

On this day in 1977, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat(center)became
the first Arab leader to set foot in Israel on an official visit. Israeli
Prime Minister Menachem Begin (left).

Ford Motor Co. announced it was ending the production of the
unpopular Edsel on this day in 1959.

Thomas Francis "Tommy" Dorsey Jr. 
(November 19, 1905 – November 26, 1956)

Disc Jockey Dorsey.

Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster is 55 years young today.

Jodie Foster gained fame for her role as a teenage prostitute in the 1976
Martin Scorsese film Taxi Driver. She won Academy Awards for Best
Actress for her performances in The Accused (1988) and Silence of the
Lambs (1991) and also had starring roles in Contact (1997), Anna and
the King (1999), and Panic Room (2002).

Foster, then three, in a scene from the Doris Day Show.

2005

2007

ROSS SIMPSON

It was on this day in 1978.

Massachusetts High Court rules gay couples can marry on this day
in 2003.

The first sound-synchronized animated cartoon premiered in New
York on this day in 1928. It was Walt Disney’s "Steamboat Willie”,
starring Mickey Mouse.

(Fox News) – The above photo provided by Frank Abrams of North
Caroline shows what historians believe is a photo of outlaw Billy
the Kid, second from left, and Pat Garrett, far right, taken in 1880.  Abrams, who bought the photo at a flea market in 20011 for $10,
says forensics experts and facial recognition have verified the
picture after several months of examination. It could be worth 
millions of dollars.

North Carolina lawyer Frank Abrams shows a laptop image of his
photo.

CAMILLE BOHANNON

 
On this day in 1973, President Nixon told an Associated Press
managing editors meeting in Orlando, FL, "people have got to
know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a
crook."

On this day in 1558, Elizabeth I ascended the English throne upon
the death of Queen Mary Tudor.

The Suez Canal opened in Egypt, linking the Mediterranean and the
Red seas on this day in 1869.

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The Suez Canal today.

The U.S. Congress held its first session in Washington, DC, in
the partially completed Capitol building on this day in 1800.

THE THINKER

French Sculptor Auguste Rodin
(François Auguste René Rodin)
(November 12, 1840 – November 17, 1917)

THE KISS

Martin Charles Scorsese is 75 years old today.

Acclaimed director Martin Scorsese’s films frequently feature gangsters
and focus on the world of crime. His iconic films include Taxi Driver (1976)
Raging Bull (1980) and Goodfellas (1990). In 2006, he won his first Academy
Award for Best Director for his film The Departed after previously being
nominated five times.

            2004

The painting ‘Salvator Mundi’ by Leonardo da Vinci at Christie’s.

(Fox News) – A painting by Italian Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci that
depicts Jesus Christ holding an orb sold for a world record $450.3 million at
Christie’s auction house in New York Wednesday night.

The painting, called "Salvator Mundi," Italian for "Savior of the World," is one of
fewer than 20 paintings by Leonardo known to exist and the only one in private
hands. The buyer was not immediately identified.

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519)