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Tuesday, November 19,1996

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  • "We gotta really think about how the hell do you save what there is left of the president, of the presidency?"

    -- President Richard Nixon, April 1973



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    Today's Events


  • The autumn jewelry sales by Christie's and Sotheby's are scheduled to open in Geneva, Switzerland.

  • Exiled East Timor human rights activist and 1996 Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos Horta is scheduled to give the keynote speech at the parallel forum to the Asia-Pacific economic leaders' summit in Manila.

  • Dairy 96, the 9th annual conference for the European and international dairy industry, is scheduled to open in London, .

  • The space shuttle Columbia is scheduled to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center.

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    On the horizon


  • On Wednesday, November 20, Britain's Royal Society is scheduled to sponsor a lecture in London on whether people cause aviation accidents.

  • On Thursday, November 21, Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo is scheduled to begin a trip to China, Korea, Singapore and the Philippines, starting with his arrival in Beijing.

  • On Friday, November 22, a verdict is expected in the trial of 23 members of the French Church of Scientology on manslaughter and fraud charges.

  • On Saturday, November 23, in Paris, the ashes of writer-politician Andre Malraux are scheduled to be re-buried in Pantheon.

  • On Sunday, November 24, the Mother Goose Parade is scheduled to take place in El Cajon, California, with organizers expecting a crowd of 250,000 nursery-rhyme lovers.

  • On Monday, November 25, U.S. President Bill Clinton is scheduled to visit Thailand.

  • On Tuesday, November 26, the Independent World Commission on Oceans (IWCO) conference is scheduled to open at Rotterdam's World Trade Center. Topics are to include ecological measures to protect marine life, and other associated topics.

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    On this day


  • In 1703, the "man in the iron mask," a prisoner in the Bastille prison in Paris, died. His true identity was the cause of much intrigue and is celebrated in the literary works of Francois Voltaire and Alexandre Dumas.

  • In 1805, Ferdinand, the Vicomte de Lesseps, was born. He directed the building of the Suez Canal.

  • In 1828, Austrian composer Franz Schubert died from typhus at age 31.

  • In 1831, James Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, was born.

  • In 1863, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, calling for "government of the people, by the people and for the people."

  • In 1888, legendary chess player Jose Raul Capablanca was born.

  • In 1893, the first newspaper color supplement was published in the Sunday New York World.

  • In 1946, the first UNESCO conference opened in Paris.

  • In 1949, Prince Rainier was sworn in as 30th ruling prince of Monaco.

  • In 1969, the U.S. Apollo 12 lunar module landed on the moon, carrying astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean.

  • In 1969, the first reports emerged that U.S. troops had shot Vietnamese civilians in My Lai village in March 1968.

  • In 1976, Algeria voted for a new constitution with a national assembly and increased powers for an elected President.

  • In 1977, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to visit Israel.

  • In 1990, leaders of NATO and the Warsaw Pact declared the end of the Cold War when they signed the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe, slashing their military arsenals.

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    Newslink


    The arrest of CIA veteran Harold Nicholson on spying charges drives home the realization that although the Cold War may be over, its legacy of espionage lives on. The Federation of American Scientists has been fighting a long battle to declassify secrets that no longer need to be kept in the Cold War's aftermath. Check out the group's efforts in the , which has been called the best Internet site on the American intelligence community.


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    Holidays and more


  • Belize celebrates Garifuna Settlement Day.

  • Monaco celebrates National Day.

  • Puerto Rico celebrates the Discovery of Puerto Rico.

  • Entertainer Dick Cavett is 60.

  • Actress Jodie Foster is 34.

  • Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Jeane Kirkpatrick is 70.

  • Fashion designer Calvin Klein is 54.

  • Sportscaster Ahmad Rashad, born Bobby Moore, is 47.

  • Media mogul Ted Turner is 58.

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    Sources: Reuters, The History Channel, Chase's Calendar of Events 1996, and J.P. Morgan contributed to this report.



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