November 19
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November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 42 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Events [change]
- 461 - Libius Severus is declared Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
- 1404 - Severe flooding occurs in the Netherlands, as 3000 hectares of land are washed away, with the flood waters also completely wiping out the towns of Ijzendijke and Hugevliet.
- 1493 – Christopher Columbus goes ashore on an island he first saw the day before. He names it San Juan Bautista (later renamed Puerto Rico).
- 1816 - In Poland, Warsaw University is founded.
- 1819 – The Museo del Prado in Madrid opens.
- 1847 - The second Canadian railway line is opened between Montreal and Lachine.
- 1850 - Alfred Tennyson is named Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom by Queen Victoria.
- 1863 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
- 1869 – The Hudson's Bay Company sells Ruperts Land to Canada.
- 1885 - Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa officially unifies the Kingdom of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.
- 1887 - In the English Channel, Dutch ocean steamer W. A. Scholten sinks after a collision with a British freighter, killing 132 people.
- 1912 - The five hundred-year rule of the Ottoman Empire over Macedonia is ended.
- 1916 - Goldwyn Pictures is founded by Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn.
- 1941 - World War II: The warships HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran sink each other off Western Australia, with the loss of 645 Australians and 77 Germans.
- 1942 - World War II: Battle of Stalingrad - Soviet Union forces under Georgy Zhukov launch Operation Uranus counter-attacks at Stalingrad, turning the battle in the USSR's favour.
- 1946 – Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations.
- 1950 - Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes Supreme Commander of NATO Europe.
- 1952 - Alexander Papagos becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
- 1969 – Apollo 12 lands on the Moon. Charles Conrad and Alan LaVern Bean become the 3rd and 4th people respectively to walk on the Moon.
- 1969 – Brazilian footballer Pele scores the 1,000th goal of his career.
- 1977 – Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab leader to officially visit Israel, when he meets with Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin seeking a permanent peace settlement.
- 1979 – Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and black American hostages being held at the US Embassy in Tehran.
- 1984 - Oil depot explosions in Mexico City cause a large fire, which kills around 500 people.
- 1985 – Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet.
- 1990 – Pop group Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award because they did not sing at all on the Girl You Know It’s True album.
- 1994 - The United Kingdom's first National Lottery draw is held.
- 1995 – Aleksander Kwasniewski is elected President of Poland.
- 1996 – The case of the Port Arthur massacre comes to trial.
- 1998 – The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings against U.S. President Bill Clinton.
- 1998 - Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of the Artist Without Beard sells at auction for $ 71.5 million.
- 1999 - The People's Republic of China launches the Shenzhou 1 spacecraft.
- 1999 - Russia withdraws its military from Georgia.
- 2002 – The Prestige oil tanker breaks apart near the coast of Galicia, Spain, causing a large oil spill.
- 2010 – Twenty-nine miners are trapped after an explosion in the Pike River Mine near Greymouth in New Zealand. They are pronounced dead after a second explosion five days later.
Births [change]
- 1464 – Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (d. 1526)
- 1563 - Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English statesman (d. 1626)
- 1597 - Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatine, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1660)
- 1600 – King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (d. 1649)
- 1600 - Leo Aitzema, Dutch historian and statesman (d. 1669)
- 1711 – Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian writer and polymath (d. 1765)
- 1722 – Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (d. 1809)
- 1770 - Adam Johann von Krusenstern, German-Baltic admiral of the Russian fleet (d. 1846)
- 1770 – Bertel Thorvaldsen, Danish sculptor (d. 1844)
- 1797 - Rene Caillie, French explorer (d. 1838)
- 1802 - Solomon Foot, American politician (d. 1866)
- 1805 – Ferdinand de Lesseps, French diplomat and businessman (d. 1894)
- 1805 - Edouard Drouyn de Unuys, French politician (d. 1881)
- 1831 – James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States (d. 1881)
- 1833 - Wilhelm Dilthey, German theologian, philosopher, psychologist and educator (d. 1911)
- 1843 - Richard Avenarius, German philosopher (d. 1896)
- 1875 – Mikhail Kalinin, Soviet politician (d. 1946)
- 1875 - Hiram Bingham, United States Senator and explorer (d. 1956)
- 1876 - Tatyana Afanasyeva, Russian-Dutch mathematician (d. 1964)
- 1877 - Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman and politician (d. 1947)
- 1887 – James B. Sumner, American chemist (d. 1955)
- 1888 - Jose Raul Capablanca, Cuban chess player (d. 1942)
- 1889 – Clifton Webb, American actor (d. 1966)
- 1893 - Rene Voisin, French classical trumpeter (d. 1952)
- 1894 – Americo Tomas, 14th President of Portugal (d. 1987)
- 1898 – Arthur R. von Hippel, German physicist (d. 2003)
- 1899 - Allen Tate, American poet and literary critic (d. 1979)
- 1900 – Anna Seghers, German writer (d. 1983)
- 1902 - Princess Mafalda of Savoy (d. 1944)
- 1905 – Tommy Dorsey, American musician (d. 1956)
- 1908 - Alan Baxter, actor (d. 1976)
- 1909 - Elmo Smith, Governor of Oregon (d. 1968)
- 1912 – George Emil Palade, Romanian biologist (d. 2008)
- 1914 - Mills E. Godwin, Jr., two-time Governor of Virginia (d. 1999)
- 1915 – Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., American physiologist (d. 1974)
- 1917 – Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (d. 1984)
- 1919 – Gillo Pontecorvo, Italian film director (d. 2006)
- 1919 - Alan Young, British-born American actor
- 1920 – Gene Tierney, American actress (d. 1991)
- 1921 - Roy Campanella, American baseball player (d. 1993)
- 1924 – Knut Steen, Norwegian sculptor (d. 2011)
- 1928 - Dara Singh, Indian actor and bodybuilder (d. 2012)
- 1930 – Kurt Nielsen, Danish tennis player (d. 2011)
- 1933 – Larry King, American television personality
- 1934 – Valentin Kozmich Ivanov, Russian footballer (d. 2011)
- 1934 – Kurt Hamrin, Swedish footballer
- 1936 – Yuan T. Lee, Taiwanese chemist
- 1936 - Dick Cavett, American talkshow host
- 1938 – Ted Turner, American businessman
- 1939 - Emil Constantinescu, 3rd President of Romania
- 1939 - Tom Harkin, American politician
- 1939 - Garrick Utley, American broadcast journalist
- 1941 - Tommy Thompson, 42nd Governor of Wisconsin
- 1942 - Sharon Olds, American poet
- 1942 – Calvin Klein, American clothing designer
- 1943 - Aurelio Monteagudo, Cuban baseball player
- 1943 - Fred Lipsius, American musician
- 1944 – Klaus Fichtel, German footballer
- 1945 - Hans Monderman, Dutch road traffic engineer (d. 2008)
- 1947 - Bob Boone, American baseball player and manager
- 1947 - Anfinn Kallsberg, 10th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
- 1947 - Lamar S. Smith, American politician
- 1949 - Raymond Blanc, French chef
- 1951 - Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, British politician
- 1953 - Robert Beltran, American actor
- 1955 - Glynnis O'Connor, American actress
- 1956 – Eileen Collins, American astronaut
- 1956 - Ann Curry, American broadcast journalist
- 1956 - Jim Hodges, former Governor of South Carolina
- 1957 - Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (d. 2000)
- 1957 - Joel Goldsmith, American composer (d. 2012)
- 1957 - Tom Virtue, American actor
- 1959 - Jo Bonner, American politician
- 1960 - Matt Sorum, American musician
- 1961 – Meg Ryan, American actress
- 1962 – Jodie Foster, American actress
- 1962 – Sean Parnell, 12th Governor of Alaska
- 1965 – Laurent Blanc, French footballer
- 1965 - Gary Ablett, English footballer (d. 2012)
- 1966 - Kakhaber Kacharava, Georgian footballer
- 1966 - Gail Devers, American athlete
- 1966 – Jason Scott Lee, American actor
- 1967 - Dhafer Youssef, Tunisian jazz musician
- 1974 - Arun Vijay, Indian film actor
- 1975 – Sushmita Sen, Indian beauty queen and actress
- 1976 – Robin Dunne, Canadian actor
- 1976 - Jack Dorsey, American founder of Twitter
- 1977 – Kerri Strug, American gymnast
- 1979 - Ryan Howard, American baseball player
- 1980 - Adele Silva, English actress
- 1980 – Vladimir Radmanovic, Serbian basketball player
- 1981 - Marcus Banks, American basketball player
- 1983 - Chandra Crawford, Canadian cross-country skier
- 1984 – Jorge Fucile, Uruguayan footballer
- 1985 – Chris Eagles, English footballer
- 1986 - Milan Smiljanic, Serbian footballer
- 1986 - Jeannie Ortega, American actress, dancer and songwriter
- 1988 – Patrick Kane, American NHL ice hockey right winger for the Chicago Blackhawks
Deaths [change]
- 498 - Pope Anastasius II
- 1478 - Emperor Baeda Maryam of Ethiopia (b. 1448)
- 1481 – Anne Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (b. 1472)
- 1492 – Jami, Persian poet (b. 1414)
- 1557 - Bona Sforza, Queen of Poland (b. 1494)
- 1577 - Matsunaga Hisahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510)
- 1581 – Ivan Ivanovich, son of Ivan IV of Russia (b. 1554)
- 1665 – Nicolas Poussin, French painter (b. 1594)
- 1703 – The Man in the Iron Mask, French prisoner whose identity is unknown
- 1772 - William Nelson, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1711)
- 1785 - Bernard de Bury, French composer (b. 1720)
- 1804 - Pietro Guglielmi, Italian composer (b. 1728)
- 1822 - Johann Georg Tralles, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1763)
- 1828 – Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (b. 1797)
- 1850 - Richard Mentor Johnson, Vice President of the United States (b. 1780)
- 1863 – John O'Meally, Australian bushranger (b. 1841)
- 1887 – Emma Lazarus, American poet (b. 1849)
- 1918 – Joseph F. Smith, American Mormon leader (b. 1838)
- 1931 - Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet (b. 1897)
- 1938 - Lev Shestov, Russian philosopher (b. 1866)
- 1962 - Grigol Robakidze, Georgian writer (b. 1882)
- 1976 – Basil Spence, English architect (b. 1907)
- 1983 – Tom Evans, English musician (b. 1947)
- 1992 - Bobby Russell, American songwriter (b. 1941)
- 1992 – Diane Varsi, American actress (b. 1938)
- 2004 – John Vane, English pharmacologist (b. 1927)
- 2004 - Piet Esser, Dutch sculptor (b. 1914)
- 2005 – Erik Balling, Danish director (b. 1924)
- 2011 - Basil D'Oliveira, South African-born English cricketer (b. 1931)
Holidays and observances [change]
- Brazil – Flag Day
- Mali – Liberation Day
- Puerto Rico – Discovery of Puerto Rico (1493)
- Norway – The Liberation of the Sami people of the coast
- Monaco – National holiday
- International Men's Day
- World Toilet Day (See also: World Toilet Organization)
