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This Day In HistoryNovember 19

President Anwar el-Sādāt of Egypt.
1977: Anwar el-Sādāt's visit to Israel.
After the Arab-Israeli war of 1973–74, Egyptian President Anwar el-Sādāt began to work toward peace, and on this day in 1977 he began his historic visit to Israel, during which he offered a peace plan to its parliament.
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2002
As had the House of Representatives the previous week, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved the creation of a new cabinet department, the Department of Homeland Security, to have a workforce of 170,000.

1863

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered the brief but renowned Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the National Cemetery in
Pennsylvania during the American Civil War.

1820

The Troppau protocol, a declaration of intention to take collective action against revolution, was signed by the Holy Alliance powers at the Congress of Troppau.

1794

During his tenure as the first chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, John Jay negotiated the Jay Treaty with Great Britain, helping mend ties between the Americans and British.

1703

The man in the iron mask, a political prisoner famous in French history and legend, died in the Bastille.