Today in History - History - November 19th

1916Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures (the company later became one of the most successful independent filmmakers).

1980CBS TV bans Calvin Klein's jean ad featuring Brooke Shields

1962Fidel Castro accepts removal of Soviet weapons

1986Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt wins NL MVP

1967Mickey Wright wins LPGA Pensacola Ladies' Golf Invitational

1990Pittsburgh's Barry Bonds wins NL MVP

1998Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of the Artist Without Beard sells at auction for $71.5 million USD.

1983Edmonton Oilers beat NJ Devils, 13-4, Wayne Gretzky calls the Devils "a Mickey Mouse organization"

1979Astros sign Nolan Ryan, to record 4 year, $4.5 million contract

1493Christopher Columbus discovers Puerto Rico, on his 2nd voyage

1942Calvin Klein, Bronx, NY, fashion designer (Calvin Klein Jeans, CK)

1921Roy Campanella, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Brooklyn Dodger catcher (NL MVP 1951/53/55)

1831James A Garfield, Ohio, gen/(R) 20th Pres (March 4-Sept 19, 1881)

1961Meg Ryan, Bethel Ct, actress (When Harry Met Sally, As the World Turns)

1920Gene Tierney, Brooklyn, New York, American actress (Laura, Ghost & Mrs Muir)

1930Kurt Nielsen, Copenhagen, Danish tennis player

1954Actress Vera-Ellen (33) weds millionaire Victor Rothschild at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Los Angeles

2005Singer and actress Christina Aguilera (28) weds music executive Jordan Bratman (32) under a mountainside tent at the Staglin Family Vineyards in Rutherford, California

1834US President Franklin Pierce (30) weds Jane Pierce (28) in Amherst, New Hampshire

1986Hall of Famer boxing champ Muhammad Ali (44) weds Yolanda Williams

1939Baseball legend Joe DiMaggio (24) weds "Freshies" actress Dorothy Arnold at St. Peter and Paul Church in San Francisco

1999Motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel (61) weds Krystal Kennedy at Caesars Palace hotel in Las Vegas

1887Emma Lazarus, US poet ("Give us your tired & poor"), dies in New York at 38

1828Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (Die schöne Müllerin), dies at 31 from typhoid fever