Daily Archives: November 19, 2012

Michael Jackson dangles baby 10 years ago today (2002)


Video: 'Michael Jackson dangles his baby over a hotel balcony'

(Tuesday, November 19, 2002) — Pop singer Michael Jackson dangled his third child, baby Prince Michael II (whom he calls “Blanket”), over a fourth-floor balcony at a Berlin hotel today, shocking the crowd of fans in the street below.

Russians launch offensive against Germans along the Don front 70 years ago today (1942)


Video: Nov. 19, 1942 (at 33:04)

(Thursday, November 19, 1942, 7:20 a.m. Moscow time, during the Battle of Stalingrad, part of the Eastern Front of World War II) — The Red Army today launched Operation Uranus, a two-pronged attack targeting the weak Romanian and Hungarian forces protecting Germany forces in and around Stalingrad east of the Don River. Continue reading Russians launch offensive against Germans along the Don front 70 years ago today (1942)