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November 19
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{{PAGENAME}} is the 323rd day of the year (324th in
leap years) in the
Gregorian Calendar. There are 42 days remaining.
Events
*
461 -
Pope Hilarius St. Hilarius becomes
Pope.
*
1493 -
Christopher Columbus goes ashore on an island he first saw the day before. He names it
San Juan Bautista (later renamed
Puerto Rico).
*
1598 -
Battle of Noryang, the final battle of the
Seven Year War is fought between the Japanese and the Korean navy, resulting in a decisive Korean victory.
*
1794 - The
United States and the
Kingdom of Great Britain sign
Jay's Treaty, which attempts to clear up some of the lingering problems left over from the
American Revolutionary War.
*
1796 - The
Battle of Elz, a battle during the
revolutionary war against
France.
Michel Beaupuy was killed at this battle.
*
1816 -
Warsaw University is established.
*
1850 -
Alfred Lord Tennyson becomes
Poet Laureate, a position he held until his death in
1892.
*
1863 -
American Civil War:
United States Union President
Abraham Lincoln delivers the
Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
*
1881 - A
meteorite lands near the village of Großliebenthal, southwest of
Odessa,
Ukraine.
*
1916 - Samuel Goldfish (later renamed
Samuel Goldwyn) and
Edgar Selwyn establish
Goldwyn Company (the company later became one of the most successful independent filmmakers.)
*
1924 - In
Los Angeles, California, famous
silent film director
Thomas Ince ("The Father of the
Western") dies of a
Myocardial infarction heart attack in his bed (rumors soon surface that he was shot dead by publishing tycoon
William Randolph Hearst.)
*
1941 -
World War II:
Battle between HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran Battle between HMAS ''Sydney'' and HSK ''Kormoran''. The two ships sink each other off the coast of
Western Australia, with the loss of 645
Australians and about 77
Nazi Germany German seamen.
*
1942 - World War II:
Battle of Stalingrad -
Soviet Union forces under General
Georgy Zhukov launch the
Operation Uranus counterattacks at
Stalingrad, turning the tide of the battle in the USSR's favor.
*
1944 - World War II: US President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the 6th
War Loan Drive, aimed at selling US$14 billion in
war bonds to help pay for the war effort.
*
1946 -
Afghanistan,
Iceland and
Sweden join the
United Nations.
*
1954 -
Sammy Davis, Jr. loses his left eye in an automobile accident in
San Bernardino, California.
*
1959 -
Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular
Edsel.
*
1961 -
Michael Rockefeller, son of
New York governor
Nelson Rockefeller, disappears in the jungles near
Atsj,
Papua New Guinea.
*
1967 - The Establishment of
TVB, the first wireless commercial
television station in
Hong Kong.
*
1969 -
Apollo program:
Apollo 12 astronauts
Charles Conrad and
Alan Bean land at
Oceanus Procellarum ("Ocean of Storms") and become the third and fourth
humans to walk on the
Moon.
*
1973 -
American football player
Lance Rentzel is arrested for exposing himself to a ten-year-old girl; he is later sentenced to five years' probation.
*
1977 -
Egypt Egyptian President
Anwar Sadat becomes the first
Arab leader to officially visit
Israel, when he meets with Israeli prime minister
Menachem Begin and speaks before the
Knesset in
Jerusalem, seeking a permanent peace settlement.
* 1977 -
Transportes Aereos Portugueses Boeing 727 crashes in
Madeira islands killing 130
*
1979 -
Iran hostage crisis:
Iranian leader
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and black
United States American hostages being held at the US
Embassy in
Tehran.
*
1984 - A series of explosions at the
PEMEX petroleum storage facility at San Juan Ixhuatepec in
Mexico City ignites a major fire and kills about 500 people.
*
1985 -
Cold War: In
Geneva, US President
Ronald Reagan and
Soviet Union leader
Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time.
* 1985 -
Pennzoil wins a US$10.53 billion verdict against
Texaco, in the largest civil verdict in U.S. history, stemming from Texaco establishing a signed contract to buy
Getty Oil after Pennzoil had entered into an unsigned, yet still binding, buyout contract with Getty.)
*
1990 -
Pop group Milli Vanilli are stripped of their
Grammy Award because the duo did not sing at all on the “Girl You Know It’s True” album. Session musicians had provided all the vocals.
*
1994 - In Britain, the first
National Lottery draw was held. A £1 ticket gives a one-in-14-million chance of correctly guessing the winning six out of 49 numbers.
*
1996 - Lt. Gen.
Maurice Baril of Canada arrives in Africa to lead the
multi national force in
Zaire.
*
1997 - In
Des Moines, Iowa,
Bobbi McCaughey gives birth to
multiple birth septuplets in the second known case where all seven babies were born alive.
*
1998 -
Lewinsky scandal: The
United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins
impeachment hearings against US President
Bill Clinton.
* 1998 -
Vincent van Gogh's ''
Portrait of the Artist Without Beard'' sells at auction for US$71.5 million.
*
1999 -
Shenzhou 1: The
People's Republic of China launches its first
Shenzhou spacecraft.
* 1999 - In
Istanbul, the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe ends a two-day summit by calling for a political settlement in
Chechnya and adopting a
Charter for European Security.
*
2004 -
Pacers-Pistons brawl A massive brawl breaks out between
Detroit Pistons and
Indiana Pacers players during their game at
The Palace of Auburn Hills; the brawl turns into an even larger fight between Pacers players and Pistons fans.
*
2004 - The first movie of
Spongebob Squarepants, entitled
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is released in theaters. (Rated PG)
Births
*
1464 -
Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (d.
1526)
*
1563 -
Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English statesman (d.
1626)
*
1600 - King
Charles I of England (d.
1649)
* 1600 -
Leo Aitzema, Dutch historian and statesman (d.
1669)
*
1617 -
Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (d.
1655)
*
1700 -
Jean-Antoine Nollet, French abbot and physicist (d.
1770)
*
1711 -
Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian writer and polymath (d.
1765)
*
1722 -
Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (d.
1809)
* 1722 -
Benjamin Chew, Chief Justice of colonial Pennsylvania (d.
1810)
*
1805 -
Ferdinand de Lesseps, French diplomat and Suez Canal engineer (d.
1894)
*
1831 -
James A. Garfield, 20th
President of the United States (d.
1881)
*
1833 -
Wilhelm Dilthey, German philosopher (d.
1911)
*
1835 -
Rani Lakshmi Bai, Indian Queen (d.
1858)
*
1843 -
Richard Avenarius, German philosopher (d.
1896)
*
1859 -
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer (d.
1935)
*
1862 -
Billy Sunday, American evangelist (d.
1935)
*
1875 -
Mikhail I. Kalinin, President of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (d.
1946)
*
1883 -
Ned Sparks, Canadian actor (d.
1957)
*
1887 -
James B. Sumner, American chemist,
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1955)
*
1888 -
José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player (d.
1942)
*
1889 -
Clifton Webb, American actor (d.
1966)
*
1893 -
René Voisin, French classical trumpet player
*
1896 -
Georgy Zhukov, Russian general (d.
1974)
*
1897 -
Quentin Roosevelt, son of
President of the United States United States President Theodore Roosevelt (d.
1918)
*
1898 -
Arthur R. von Hippel, German-born physicist (d.
2003)
*
1899 -
Allen Tate, American poet and critic (d.
1979)
*
1900 -
Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian scientist (d.
1980)
* 1900 -
Anna Seghers, German writer (d.
1983)
* 1900 -
Bunny Ahearne, Irish ice hockey promoter
*
1905 -
Tommy Dorsey, American bandleader (d.
1956)
*
1907 -
Jack Schaefer, American author (d.
1991)
*
1909 -
Peter Drucker, American management theorist (d.
2005)
*
1912 -
George Emil Palade, Romanian cell biologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
*
1915 -
Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., American physiologist,
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1974)
*
1917 -
Indira Gandhi,
Prime Minister of India (d.
1984)
*
1919 -
Alan Young, British-born American actor (
Mister Ed)
*
1920 -
Gene Tierney, American actress (d.
1991)
*
1921 -
Roy Campanella, baseball player (d.
1993)
*
1921 -
Peter Ruckman, American Baptist minister
*
1922 -
Yuri Knorosov, Russian epigrapher (d.
1999)
*
1924 -
William Russell (actor) William Russell, British actor
*
1926 -
Jeane Kirkpatrick, U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations
*
1929 -
Slavko Avsenik, Slovenian musician
* 1929 -
Norman Cantor, Canadian medieval scholar (d.
2004)
*
1933 -
Larry King, American television interviewer
*
1935 -
Bob Gibson, baseball player
* 1935 -
Rashad Khalifa, Egyptian imam (d.
1990)
* 1935 -
Jack Welch, American businessman
*
1936 -
Dick Cavett, American talk show host
* 1936 -
Yuan T. Lee, Taiwanese-born chemist,
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize laureate
*
1938 -
Ted Turner, American businessman
*
1939 -
Tom Harkin, U.S. Senator
*
1941 -
Dan Haggerty, American actor
*
1942 -
Calvin Klein, American clothing designer
* 1942 -
Sharon Olds, American poet
*
1943 -
Aurelio Monteagudo, Cuban-born
Major League Baseball player (d.
1990)
*
1947 -
Bob Boone, baseball player and manager
* 1947 -
Lamar S. Smith, American politician
*
1949 -
Ahmad Rashad, American football player and sportscaster
*
1951 -
Lord Falconer, British lawyer and politician
*
1953 -
Robert Beltran, American actor
* 1953 -
Tom Villard, American actor (d.
1994)
*
1956 -
Ann Curry, American journalist
*
1957 -
Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (d.
2000)
*
1958 -
Michael Wilbon, Sports Analyst
*
1960 -
Elizabeth Hulette, American professional wrestler (d.
2003)
* 1960 -
Allison Janney, American actress
*
1961 -
Meg Ryan, American actress
*
1962 -
Jodie Foster, American actress
*
1963 -
Terry Farrell (actress) Terry Farrell, American actress
* 1963 -
Jon Potter, British field hockey player
*
1965 -
Laurent Blanc, French footballer
*
1966 -
Gail Devers, American athlete
* 1966 -
Rocco DiSpirito, American chef
* 1966 -
Jason Scott Lee, American actor
*
1969 -
Terrence "T.C." Carson Terrence Carson, American actor
*
1970 -
Justin Chancellor, English bassist (
Tool)
*
1972 -
Sandrine Holt, Canadian actress
*
1973 -
Savion Glover, American choreographer, actor, and dancer
*
1975 -
Sushmita Sen, Indian beauty queen and actress
*
1976 -
Jun Shibata, Japanese singer and songwriter
*
1979 -
Larry Johnson (football) Larry Johnson American football player
*
1985 -
Chris Eagles, British footballer
Deaths
*
498 -
Pope Anastasius II
*
1478 - Emperor
Baeda Maryam of Ethiopia (b.
1448)
*
1492 -
Jami, Persian poet (b.
1414)
*
1557 -
Bona Sforza, Queen of
Sigismund I of Poland (b.
1494)
*
1577 -
Matsunaga Hisahide, Japanese warlord (b.
1510)
*
1598 -
Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (killed in battle) (b.
1545)
*
1630 -
Johann Schein, German composer (b.
1586)
*
1649 -
Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (b.
1576)
*
1665 -
Nicolas Poussin, French painter (b.
1594)
*
1672 -
John Wilkins, English Bishop of Chester (b.
1614)
*
1682 -
Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Royalist commander in the English Civil War (b.
1619)
*
1692 -
Thomas Shadwell, English poet and playwright
*
1723 -
Antoine Nompar de Caumont, French courtier and soldier (b.
1632)
*
1772 -
William Nelson (governor) William Nelson, American colonial governor of Virginia (b.
1711)
*
1773 -
James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (b.
1722)
*
1785 -
Bernard de Bury, French composer (b.
1720)
*
1798 -
Wolfe Tone, Irish republican (b.
1763)
*
1804 -
Pietro Guglielmi, Italian composer (b.
1728)
*
1810 -
Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer and ballet master (b.
1725)
*
1822 -
Johann Georg Tralles, German mathematician and physicist (b.
1763)
*
1828 -
Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (b.
1797)
*
1850 -
Richard Mentor Johnson, American politician (b.
1780)
*
1883 -
William Siemens, German engineer (b. 1823)
*
1887 -
Emma Lazarus, American poet (b.
1859)
*
1897 -
William Seymour Tyler, American educator and historian (b.
1810).
*
1915 -
Joe Hill, American labor activist (executed) (b.
1879)
*
1918 -
Joseph Fielding Smith (1838-1918) Joseph Fielding Smith, president of
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b.
1838)
*
1924 -
Thomas Ince, American film director (b.
1882)
*
1938 -
Lev Shestov, Russian philosopher (b.
1866)
*
1942 -
Bruno Schulz, Polish writer and painter (shot) (b.
1892)
*
1960 -
Phyllis Haver, American actress (b.
1899)
*
1967 -
Charles Watters, US Army chaplain (b.
1927)
*
1974 -
George Brunies, American musician (b.
1902)
*
1975 -
Roger D. Branigin, American politician (b.
1902)
*
1976 - Sir
Basil Spence, British architect (b.
1907)
*
1985 -
Stepin Fetchit, American actor and dancer (b.
1907)
*
1988 -
Christina Onassis, daughter of billionaire
Aristotle Onassis. (b.
1950)
*
1998 -
Alan J. Pakula, American film director (b.
1928)
*
2004 -
Piet Esser, Dutch sculptor (b.
1914)
* 2004 -
John Robert Vane, British pharmacologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b.
1927)
*
2005 -
Erik Balling,
Denmark Danish TV and
film director (b.
1924)
Holidays and observances
*
Church of England -
Hilda of Whitby
*Also see
November 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*
Mali -
Liberation Day
*
Monaco -
Monegasque National Day
*
Oman - Birthday of Sultan
Qaboos bin Said
*
Puerto Rico -
Discovery of Puerto Rico (1493)
*
United States -
Equal opportunity Equal Opportunity Day;
*
United Arab Emirates -
Pilgrimage
*
World Toilet Organization World Toilet Day
External links
-
BBC: On This Day
-
''The New York Times'': On This Day
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November 18 -
November 20 -
October 19 -
December 19 --
historical anniversaries listing of all days
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af:19 November
ar:19 نوÙ?مبر
an:19 de nobiembre
ast:19 de payares
bg:19 ноември
be:19 ліÑ?тапада
bs:19. novembar
ca:19 de novembre
ceb:Nobiyembre 19
cv:Чӳк, 19
co:19 di nuvembri
cs:19. listopad
cy:19 Tachwedd
da:19. november
de:19. November
et:19. november
el:19 Î?οεμβÏ?ίου
es:19 de noviembre
eo:19-a de novembro
eu:Azaroaren 19
fo:19. november
fr:19 novembre
fy:19 novimber
ga:19 Samhain
gl:19 de novembro
ko:11ì›” 19ì?¼
hr:19. studenog
io:19 di novembro
id:19 November
ia:19 de novembre
is:19. nóvember
it:19 novembre
he:19 ×‘× ×•×‘×ž×‘×¨
jv:19 November
ka:19 ნ�ემბერი
csb:19 lëstopadnika
ku:19'ê sermawezê
la:19 Novembris
lt:LapkriÄ?io 19
lb:19. November
hu:November 19
mk:19 ноември
ms:19 November
nap:19 'e nuvembre
nl:19 november
ja:11月19日
no:19. november
nn:19. november
oc:19 de novembre
pl:19 listopada
pt:19 de Novembro
ro:19 noiembrie
ru:19 ноÑ?брÑ?
sco:19 November
sq:19 Nëntor
scn:19 di nuvèmmiru
simple:November 19
sk:19. november
sl:19. november
sr:19. новембар
fi:19. marraskuuta
sv:19 november
tl:Nobyembre 19
tt:19. Nöyäber
te:నవంబర� 19
th:19 พฤศจิ�ายน
vi:19 tháng 11
tr:19 Kasım
uk:19 лиÑ?топада
wa:19 di nôvimbe
war:Nobyembre 19
zh:11月19日
pam:Nobiembri 19
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