Today in Military History:
November 19
Events of Military significance on this day:
| | 1493 | Christopher Columbus discovers Puerto Rico. |
| | 1809 | Battle of Ocana. French defeated larger Spanish army killing 5,000, taking 26,000 prisoners and all artillery and baggage against a loss of 1,700. |
| | 1863 | Lincoln delivers his address in Gettysburg. |
| | 1914 | Russians halt the German advance at Lodz only to abandon the city 17 days later. |
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