TYGA – The 26 year old American rapper is signed to YMCMB and he got everyone’s attention when he featured on Chris Brown’s Deuces and last year, he co-released an album with Chris Brown titled ‘Fan of A Fan’. Happy Birthday TYGA!
CALVIN KLEIN - In 1968, Klein founded Calvin Klein Limited, a coat shop in the York Hotel in New York City, with $10,000. The first Calvin Klein collection was a line of "youthful, understated coats and dresses" featured at the New York City store, Bonwit Teller. In September 1969, Klein appeared on the cover of Vogue magazine. Calvin is 73 years old.
JOIDE FOSTER - Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster born November 19, 1962 is an American actor, director and producer who have worked in films and on television. She has often been cited as one of the best actresses of her generation. She is 53 years old today.
MEG RYAN - Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra born November 19, 1961, known professionally as Meg Ryan, is an American actress and film producer. After early roles in films such as Top Gun (1986) and Promised Land (1987), she achieved international recognition for her lead performance in When Harry Met Sally... (1989), which earned her first Golden Globe nomination. She is 54 years old.
LARRY KING - Larry King (born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger, November 19, 1933) is an American television and radio host, actor, voice actor and comedian whose work has been recognized with awards including two Peabodys and 10 Cable ACE Awards.
He began as a local Florida journalist and radio interviewer in the 1950s and 1960s and became prominent as an all-night national radio broadcaster starting in 1978. From 1985 to 2010, he hosted the nightly interview television program Larry King Live on CNN. He currently hosts Larry King Now on Hulu and RT America during the week, and on Thursdays he hosts Politicking with Larry King, a weekly political talk show which airs in the evening on the same two channels.
TODAY IN HISTORY
1847 – The second Canadian railway line, the Montreal and Lachine Railway, is opened.
November 19, 2007 – The AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria (APIN) was incorporated as a stand-alone non-governmental organization. Prior to 2007, the operations of APIN fell under the AIDS research and prevention initiatives that had been conducted in Nigeria since 2000 by the Harvard University School of Public Health. APIN strives to provide preventative care and treatment to “diseases of public health significance” (including HIV/AIDS).
1941 - World War II: Battle between HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran. The two ships sink each other off the coast of Western Australia, with the loss of 645 Australians and about 77 German seamen.
1944 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling US$14 billion in war bonds to help pay for the war effort.
2002 – The Greek oil tanker Prestige splits in half and sinks off the coast of Galicia, releasing over 20 million US gallons (76,000 m³) of oil in the largest environmental disaster in Spanish and Portuguese history.
1994 – In the United Kingdom, the first National Lottery draw is held. A £1 ticket gave a one-in-14-million chance of correctly guessing the winning six out of 49 numbers.
1985 – Pennzoil wins a US$10.53 billion judgment against Texaco, in the largest civil verdict in the history of the United States, stemming from Texaco executing a contract to buy Getty Oil after Pennzoil had entered into an unsigned, yet still binding, buyout contract with Getty.
1988 – Serbian communist representative and future Serbian and Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević publicly declares that Serbia is under attack from Albanianseparatists in Kosovo as well as internal treachery within Yugoslavia and a foreign conspiracy to destroy Serbia and Yugoslavia.
1863 – American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
1990 – Pop group Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award because the duo did not sing at all on the Girl You Know It's True album. Session musicians had provided all the vocals.