Sunday Open Thread: November 19 is Women's Entrepreneurship Day

World History this day

1493 -- Columbus landed on what was to become Puerto Rico 1942 -- Zhukov launched counterattacks at Stalingrad which led to a disastrous German defeat. 1950 -- Ike became Supreme Commander of NATO-Europe.

US History this day

1863 -- Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address 1959 -- Ford discontinued the Edsel 1979 -- Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ordered the release of 13 US hostages 1998 -- The House began impeachment proceedings against Bill Clinton

Science & Technology this day

1881 -- A meteorite landed near Grossliebenthal (near Odessa) 1999 -- China launched its first Shenzhou spacecraft.

The Arts this day

1916 -- Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures. 1998 -- Van Gogh's Portrait of the Artist Without Beard sold for US$71.5 million.

Misc. this day 2016 -- The Pope created 17 new Cardinals

Birthdays of Note this day

1617 -- Eustache Le Sueur, painter 1711 -- Mikhail Lomonosov, science polymath 1770 -- Bertel Thorvaldsen, sculptor 1805 -- Ferdinand de Lesseps,  engineer, did the Suez canal 1845 -- Agnes Giberne, astronomer and author 1876 -- Tatyana Afanasyeva, mathematician 1905 -- Tommy Dorsey, trombonist, composer and bandleader 1909 -- Peter Drucker, corporte self-help author 1912 -- George Emil Palade,cell biologist 1936 -- Ray Collins, singer 1943 -- Fred Lipsius, saxophonist 1953 -- Alexander O'Neal, singer 1960 -- Matt Sorum, drummer 1964 -- Vincent Herring, saxophonist & flautist 1965 -- Jason Pierce, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1971 -- Tony Rich, singer, songwriter and musician 1973 -- Billy Currington, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1973 -- Django Haskins, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1979 -- Keith Buckley, singer and songwriter 1986 -- Jeannie Ortega, singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress

Deaths of Note this day

1703 -- Man in the Iron Mask, 1785 -- Bernard de Bury, harpsichord player and composer 1798 -- Wolfe Tone, Irish revolutionary 1804 -- Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi, composer 1828 -- Franz Schubert, pianist and composer 1974 -- George Brunies, trombonist 1992 -- Bobby Russell, singer and songwriter

So, before we get to the music, kindly remember:

Tommy Dorsey  

Ray Collins  

Fred Lipsius  

Alexander O'Neal  

Matt Sorum  

Vincent Herring  

Jason Pierce  

Tony Rich  

Billy Currington  

Django Haskins  

Keith Buckley  

Jeannie Ortega  

Bernard de Bury  

Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi  

Franz Schubert  

George Brunies  

Bobby Russell  

Bonus Ray Collins:

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