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On This Day in History — November 19
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Highlights of November 19
- 2013 — A double suicide bombing at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killed 23 people and injured at least 160 others. Read more
- 2010 — The first of four explosions occurred at the Pike River Mine in the West Coast in New Zealand's worst mining disaster in nearly a century. Read more
- 2005 — Iraq War: A group of United States Marines massacred 25 people in the town of Haditha. Read more
- 2002 — The Greek oil tanker Prestige split in two and sank off the coast of Galicia after spilling 420 thousand barrels (17.8 million US gallons) of oil, in the worst environmental disaster in Spanish and Portuguese history. Read more
- 1991 — Mexican singer Luis Miguel released the album Romance, which led to a revival of interest in bolero music. Read more
- 1985 — The first of five summits (pictured) between Soviet general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev and U.S. president Ronald Reagan began in Geneva. Read more
- 1969 — Playing for Santos against Vasco da Gama in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian footballer Pelé (pictured) scored his thousandth goal. Read more
- 1942 — World War II: Soviet troops launched Operation Uranus at the Battle of Stalingrad with the goal of encircling Axis forces, turning the tide of the battle in their favour. Read more
- 1941 — World War II: The Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney and the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran destroyed each other in the Indian Ocean. Read more
- 1933 — The Union of the Right, a coalition of right-wing parties, won the majority of seats in the 1933 Spanish general election, the first election in the country with suffrage extended to women. Read more
- 1863 — American Civil War: Confederate forces began the Siege of Knoxville against Union fortifications, surrounding most of the city. Read more
- 1863 — American Civil War: U.S. president Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Read more
- 1824 — Temenggong Abdul Rahman of Johor and Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor ceded the governance of Singapore to the British East India Company. Read more
- 1794 — The United States and Great Britain signed the Jay Treaty, the basis for ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations. Read more
- 1620 — The Mayflower (depicted), which brought the Pilgrims from England to the New World, sighted Cape Cod. Read more
Events
- 2023 — The 2023 Cricket World Cup final takes place at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India, played between host nation India and Australia. Read more
- 2022 — A gunman kills five and injures 17 at Club Q, a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Read more
- 2013 — A double suicide bombing at the Iranian embassy in Beirut kills 23 people and injures 160 others. Read more
- 2010 — The first of four explosions takes place at the Pike River Mine in New Zealand. Twenty-nine people are killed in the nation's worst mining disaster since 1914. Read more
- 2004 — The worst brawl in NBA history results in several players being suspended. Several players and fans are charged with assault and battery. Read more
- 2002 — The Greek oil tanker Prestige splits in half and sinks off the coast of Galicia, releasing over 76,000 m3 (20 million US gal) of oil in the largest environmental disaster in Spanish and Portuguese history. Read more
- 2001 — The Aviation and Transportation Security Act is enacted by the 107th United States Congress in the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The Act created the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Read more
- 1999 — Shenzhou 1: The People's Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft. Read more
- 1999 — John Carpenter becomes the first person to win the top prize in the TV game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Read more
- 1998 — Clinton–Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings into U.S. President Bill Clinton. Read more
- 1997 — Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-87. Read more
- 1996 — Space Shuttle program: Columbia is launched on STS-80, which would become the longest mission in the program at 17 days. On this mission, astronaut Story Musgrave becomes the only astronaut to fly on all five space shuttles. Read more
- 1996 — A Beechcraft 1900 and a Beechcraft King Air collide at Quincy Regional Airport in Quincy, Illinois, killing 14. Read more
- 1994 — In the United Kingdom, the first National Lottery draw is held. A £1 ticket gave a one-in-14-million chance of correctly guessing the winning six out of 49 numbers. Read more
- 1993 — A factory fire killed 87 and injured 51 in Shenzhen, China. Read more
- 1988 — Serbian communist representative and future Serbian and Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević publicly declares that Serbia is under attack from Albanian separatists in Kosovo as well as internal treachery within Yugoslavia and a foreign conspiracy to destroy Serbia and Yugoslavia. Read more
- 1985 — Cold War: In Geneva, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time. Read more
- 1985 — Pennzoil wins a US$10.53 billion judgment against Texaco, in the largest civil verdict in the history of the United States, stemming from Texaco executing a contract to buy Getty Oil after Pennzoil had entered into an unsigned, yet still binding, buyout contract with Getty. Read more
- 1985 — Police in Baling, Malaysia, lay siege to houses occupied by an Islamic sect of about 400 people led by Ibrahim Mahmud. Read more
- 1984 — San Juanico disaster: A series of explosions at the Pemex petroleum storage facility at San Juan Ixhuatepec in Mexico City starts a major fire and kills about 500 people. Read more
- 1979 — Iran hostage crisis: Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and black American hostages being held at the US Embassy in Tehran. Read more
- 1977 — TAP Air Portugal Flight 425 crashes in the Madeira Islands, killing 131. Read more
- 1969 — Apollo program: Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean land at Oceanus Procellarum (the "Ocean of Storms") and become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon. Read more
- 1969 — Association football player Pelé scores his 1,000th goal. Read more
- 1967 — The establishment of TVB, the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong. Read more
- 1955 — National Review publishes its first issue. Read more
- 1954 — Télé Monte Carlo, Europe's oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III. Read more
- 1952 — Greek Field Marshal Alexander Papagos becomes the 152nd Prime Minister of Greece. Read more
- 1950 — US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes Supreme Commander of NATO-Europe. Read more
- 1946 — Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations. Read more
- 1944 — World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the sixth War Loan Drive, aimed at selling US$14 billion in war bonds to help pay for the war effort. Read more
- 1944 — World War II: Thirty members of the Luxembourgish resistance defend the town of Vianden against a larger Waffen-SS attack in the Battle of Vianden. Read more
- 1944 — The founding congress of the Communist Party of Transcarpathian Ukraine is held in Mukachevo. Read more
- 1943 — The Holocaust: Nazis liquidate Janowska concentration camp in Lemberg (Lviv), western Ukraine, murdering at least 6,000 Jews after a failed uprising and mass escape attempt. Read more
- 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. Read more
- 1942 — Mutesa II is crowned the 35th and last Kabaka (king) of Buganda, prior to the restoration of the kingdom in 1993. Read more
- 1941 — World War II: 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 German seamen. Read more
- 1916 — Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures. Read more
- 1912 — First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia. Read more
- 1911 — The Doom Bar in Cornwall claims two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain. Read more
- 1885 — Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia. Read more
- 1881 — A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odesa, Ukraine. Read more
- 1863 — American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Read more
- 1847 — The second Canadian railway line, the Montreal and Lachine Railroad, is opened. Read more
- 1816 — Warsaw University is established. Read more
- 1808 — Finnish War: The Convention of Olkijoki in Raahe ends hostilities in Finland. Read more
- 1802 — The Garinagu arrive at British Honduras (present-day Belize). Read more
- 1794 — The United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign Jay's Treaty, which attempts to resolve some of the lingering problems left over from the American Revolutionary War. Read more
- 1646 — The current Saint Peter's Basilica is consecrated in Rome, replacing an earlier basilica on the same site. Read more
- 636 — The Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Sasanian Empire at the Battle of al-Qādisiyyah in Iraq. Read more
- 461 — Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the magister militum Ricimer. Read more
Born on November 19
- 1999 — Evgenia Medvedeva, Russian figure skater Read more
- 1998 — Nahuel Ferraresi, Venezuelan footballer Read more
- 1997 — Zach Collins, American basketball player Read more
- 1997 — Kotonowaka Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler Read more
- 1996 — RiceGum, American YouTuber Read more
- 1996 — FaZe Rug, American YouTuber Read more
- 1996 — Fred Warner, American football player Read more
- 1995 — Vanessa Axente, Hungarian model Read more
- 1994 — Ibrahima Mbaye, Senegalese footballer Read more
- 1993 — Justin Anderson, American basketball player Read more
- 1993 — Joey Gallo, American baseball player Read more
- 1993 — Suso, Spanish footballer Read more
- 1992 — Cameron Bancroft, Australian cricketer Read more
- 1992 — Roland Baumann, Austrian politician Read more
- 1992 — James Tarkowski, English footballer Read more
- 1991 — Fabien Antunes, French footballer Read more
- 1991 — Marina Marković, Serbian basketball player Read more
- 1990 — Marquise Goodwin, American football player Read more
- 1990 — Josh Lambo, American football and soccer player Read more
- 1990 — John Moore, American ice hockey player Read more
- 1990 — Benedikt Schmid, German footballer Read more
- 1989 — Kenneth Faried, American basketball player Read more
- 1989 — John McCarthy, Australian footballer (died 2012) Read more
- 1989 — Roman Sergeevich Trofimov, Russian ski jumper Read more
- 1989 — Tyga, American rapper Read more
- 1988 — Víctor Cuesta, Argentine footballer Read more
- 1988 — Timo Eichfuss, Estonian basketball player Read more
- 1988 — Patrick Kane, American ice hockey player Read more
- 1987 — Sílvia Soler Espinosa, Spanish tennis player Read more
- 1986 — Sam Betty, English rugby player Read more
- 1986 — Jeannie Ortega, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress Read more
- 1986 — Michael Saunders, Canadian baseball player Read more
- 1986 — Jessicah Schipper, Australian swimmer Read more
- 1986 — Milan Smiljanić, Serbian footballer Read more
- 1985 — Chris Eagles, English footballer Read more
- 1985 — Alex Mack, American football player Read more
- 1984 — Jorge Fucile, Uruguayan footballer Read more
- 1984 — Dawid Kucharski, Polish footballer Read more
- 1984 — Brittany Maynard, American activist (died 2014) Read more
- 1983 — Chandra Crawford, Canadian skier Read more
Died on November 19
- 2024 — Tony Campolo, American sociologist and pastor (born 1935) Read more
- 2023 — Rosalynn Carter, American mental health activist, First Lady of the United States (1977–1981), and of Georgia (1971–1975) (born 1927) Read more
- 2023 — Eddie Linden, Scottish poet and publisher (born 1935) Read more
- 2022 — Jason David Frank, American actor and mixed martial artist (born 1973) Read more
- 2017 — Charles Manson, American cult leader and mass murderer (born 1934) Read more
- 2017 — Warren "Pete" Moore, American singer-songwriter and record producer (born 1938) Read more
- 2017 — Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player (born 1968) Read more
- 2017 — Della Reese, American singer and actress (born 1931) Read more
- 2017 — Mel Tillis, American singer and songwriter (born 1932) Read more
- 2015 — Armand, Dutch singer-songwriter (born 1946) Read more
- 2015 — Allen E. Ertel, American lawyer and politician (born 1937) Read more
- 2015 — Ron Hynes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1950) Read more
- 2015 — Korrie Layun Rampan, Indonesian author, poet, and critic (born 1953) Read more
- 2015 — Mal Whitfield, American runner and diplomat (born 1924) Read more
- 2014 — Roy Bhaskar, English philosopher and academic (born 1944) Read more
- 2014 — Jeremiah Coffey, Irish-Australian bishop (born 1933) Read more
- 2014 — Pete Harman, American businessman (born 1919) Read more
- 2014 — Richard A. Jensen, American theologian, author, and academic (born 1934) Read more
- 2014 — Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Iranian footballer and manager (born 1950) Read more
- 2014 — Mike Nichols, German-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1931) Read more
- 2013 — Babe Birrer, American baseball player (born 1928) Read more
- 2013 — Dora Dougherty Strother, American pilot and academic (born 1921) Read more
- 2013 — Ray Gosling, English journalist, author, and activist (born 1939) Read more
- 2013 — Frederick Sanger, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918) Read more
- 2013 — Charlotte Zolotow, American author and poet (born 1915) Read more
- 2012 — John Hefin, Welsh director and producer (born 1941) Read more
- 2012 — Shiro Miya, Japanese singer-songwriter (born 1943) Read more
- 2012 — Warren Rudman, American lawyer and politician (born 1930) Read more
- 2012 — Boris Strugatskiy, Russian author (born 1933) Read more
- 2011 — Ömer Lütfi Akad, Turkish director and screenwriter (born 1916) Read more
- 2011 — John Neville, English actor (born 1925) Read more
- 2011 — Ruth Stone, American poet and author (born 1915) Read more
- 2010 — Pat Burns, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1952) Read more
- 2009 — Johnny Delgado, Filipino actor (born 1948) Read more
- 2007 — Kevin DuBrow, American singer-songwriter (born 1955) Read more
- 2007 — Mike Gregory, English rugby player and coach (born 1964) Read more
- 2005 — Erik Balling, Danish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1924) Read more
- 2005 — Steve Belichick, American football player, coach and scout (born 1919) Read more
- 2004 — George Canseco, Filipino journalist and composer (born 1934) Read more
- 2004 — Piet Esser, Dutch sculptor and academic (born 1914) Read more
Holidays & observances
Christian feast day:
Blessed Giacomo Benefatti; Christian feast day:
Mechthild of Hackeborn; Christian feast day:
Obadiah (Eastern Catholic Church); Christian feast day:
Raphael Kalinowski; Christian feast day:
Severinus, Exuperius, and Felician; Christian feast day:
November 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics); Day of Discovery of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico); Day of Missile Forces and Artillery (Russia, Belarus); Flag Day (Brazil); Garifuna Settlement Day (Belize); International Men's Day; Liberation Day (Mali); Martyrs' Day (Uttar Pradesh, India); The Sovereign Prince's Day (Monaco); World Toilet Day
Events, births and deaths from Wikipedia contributors, “November 19”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Lists are selections; the full record lives at the source.