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On this day: November 19

POSTED: 09:37 PM PST Nov 15, 2012 UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Nov 18, 2012

Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address, Ford discontinues the Edsel, Rocky and Bullwinkle make their debut, Milli Vanilli lose their Grammy, and the first Wii goes on sale, all on this day.

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2007: Amazon.com introduces the Kindle, an electronic book-reading device. The first generation of the device sold for $399 and sold out in five and a half hours. The device remained out of stock for five months until late April 2008.

OTD November 19 - Christopher Columbus

OTD November 19 - Jay's Treaty

OTD November 19 - James Garfield

OTD November 19 - Gettysburg Address

OTD November 19 - Tommy Dorsey

OTD November 19 - Goldwyn Pictures

OTD November 19 - Gene Tierney

OTD November 19 - Roy Campanella

OTD November 19 - Larry King

OTD November 19 - Dick Cavett

OTD November 19 - Ted Turner

OTD November 19 - Calvin Klein

OTD November 19 - Janowska

OTD November 19 - Sammy Davis Jr

OTD November 19 - National Review

OTD November 19 - Ann Curry

OTD November 19 - Edsel

OTD November 19 - Rocky and Bullwinkle

OTD November 19 - Allison Janney

OTD November 19 - Meg Ryan

OTD November 19 - Jodie Foster

OTD November 19 - Apollo 12

OTD November 19 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

OTD November 19 - Kerri Strug

OTD November 19 - Chuck Berry

OTD November 19 - Dwight Gooden

OTD November 19 - Gorbachev and Reagan

OTD November 19 - Milli Vanilli

OTD November 19 - Beatles Anthology

OTD November 19 - McCaughey septuplets

OTD November 19 - Ken Starr

OTD November 19 - Vincent van Gogh

OTD November 19 - air security bill

OTD November 19 - Barry Bonds

OTD November 19 Prestige oil tanker

OTD November 19 - WTC Memorial

OTD November 19 - Wii

OTD November 19 - Kindle

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